Patents Assigned to Dinkler Surgical Devices, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8287537
    Abstract: Head fixation devices and methods of fixating heads of patients for surgical procedures. The head fixation devices generally respectively comprise a skull clamp, a skull clamp arc assembly movable relative to the skull clamp, and a plurality of skull pins operable to engage and fixate heads of patients during neurosurgical and cervical spine procedures. The skull clamp can comprise a single skull pin on each end of the clamp. The two skull pins apply substantially equal compressive forces to the head of a patient. The skull clamp arc assembly, and an arc skull pin thereof, is pivotable to engage and disengage the patient's head for additional fixation support of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Dinkler Surgical Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Dinkler, II