Abstract: A mandibular bone transport device includes a carriage block and a set of flanges operable to couple to a transport bone plate. The device also includes a flexible connector configured to flexibly couple the set of flanges to the carriage block such that the flanges can be displaced relative to the carriage block when a force is applied. Further, the device includes a screw housed within the carriage block which is operable to engage a track and operable to advance the carriage block along the track. The device also includes a coupling configured to engage the screw and operable to rotate the screw when rotational force is applied to the coupling.
Abstract: This device can be used to create new bone to fill a gap in the mandible after surgical excision. It uses a bone reconstruction plate as a distraction device. The reconstruction plate fixes the bone stumps on both sides of the bone gap. In the middle segment of the plate overlying the bone gap, the transport bone disc is carried on a transport unit that moves along a rail on the outer surface of the reconstruction plate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 16, 2011
Assignee:
Craniotech ACR Devices, LLC
Inventors:
Mohammed E. Elsalanty, Timothy D. Mulone
Abstract: A mandibular bone transport device includes a carriage block and a set of flanges operable to couple to a transport bone plate. The device also includes a flexible connector configured to flexibly couple the set of flanges to the carriage block such that the flanges can be displaced relative to the carriage block when a force is applied. Further, the device includes a screw housed within the carriage block which is operable to engage a track and operable to advance the carriage block along the track. The device also includes a coupling configured to engage the screw and operable to rotate the screw when rotational force is applied to the coupling.
Abstract: This device can be used to create new bone to fill a gap in the mandible after surgical excision. It uses a bone reconstruction plate as a distraction device. The reconstruction plate fixes the bone stumps on both sides of the bone gap. In the middle segment of the plate overlying the bone gap, the transport bone disc is carried on a transport unit that moves along a rail on the outer surface of the reconstruction plate.
Abstract: This device can be used to create new bone to fill a gap in the mandible after surgical excision. It uses a bone reconstruction plate as a distraction device. The reconstruction plate fixes the bone stumps on both sides of the bone gap. In the middle segment of the plate overlying the bone gap, the transport bone disc is carried on a transport unit that moves along a rail on the outer surface of the reconstruction plate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2004
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2007
Assignee:
Craniotech ACR Devices, LLC
Inventors:
Mohammed E. Elsalanty, Timothy D. Mulone