Patents Assigned to ESPMEN - CONSULTORIA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA
  • Publication number: 20160278827
    Abstract: Featured are a device, a surgical kit and an osteotomy method for aligning a bone or bony structure. Such a method includes providing a base member that extends in at least two directions and spans the cut in the bone; a securing mechanism mechanically coupled to the base member for securing the base member to the bone; and an adjusting mechanism coupled to the base member and including at least one first portion. Such a method includes securing one end of the base member to the bone using the securing mechanism and rotating the at least one first portion so it contacts at least one of the opposing surfaces of the cut thereby maintain the two opposing surfaces in fixed spaced relation. Such a method also includes securing the base member's other end to the bone using the securing mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: ESPMEN - CONSULTORIA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA
    Inventors: Joao Duarte COELHO DO SAMEIRO ESPREGUEIRA MENDES, Antonio Jose CAETANO BAPTISTA, Augusto Duarte CAMPOS BARATA DA ROCHA, Diana Rebecca ESTEVES CARDOSO GAVAZZO RODRIGUES, Helder MIGUEL PEREIRA, Joao Paulo GERALDES TOURO PEREIRA, Jorge Manuel TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, Rogerio BARBOSA PEREIRA