Abstract: An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.

Abstract: An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.

Abstract: A nontoxic biofilm visualization stain can be used in a mammalian infected surgical site washout or irrigation and debridement to enhance the thoroughness and success rate of the surgical site infection washout or irrigation and debridement. The biofilm staining composition is a prokaryotic, non-eukaryotic stain to improve visualization of bacteria laden biofilm. Unbound biofilm staining composition can be removed from the surgical site at the end of the irrigation and debridement with saline irrigation, but it is not clinically mandatory.

Abstract: An improved fracture cabling system has one or more spacers. Each spacer has a longitudinal length extending along a body of the spacer. The body has an upper portion with an aperture configured to receive a wire or cable and a lower portion having one or more pairs of feet spaced by a longitudinal gap or groove. Each of the one or more pairs of feet is located on a lateral side of the spacer body and configured to contact a bone with a fracture. The gap is configured to be positioned over the fracture with each foot positioned on a side of the bone spaced from the fracture. The longitudinal length of the one or more spacers is preferably curved or arcuate. Each body of the one or more spacers has a leading end and a trailing end.

Abstract: An improved fracture cabling system has one or more spacers. Each spacer has a longitudinal length extending along a body of the spacer. The body has an upper portion with an aperture configured to receive a wire or cable and a lower portion having one or more pairs of feet spaced by a longitudinal gap or groove. Each of the one or more pairs of feet is located on a lateral side of the spacer body and configured to contact a bone with a fracture. The gap is configured to be positioned over the fracture with each foot positioned on a side of the bone spaced from the fracture. The longitudinal length of the one or more spacers is preferably curved or arcuate. Each body of the one or more spacers has a leading end and a trailing end.

Abstract: An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.

Abstract: An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.

Abstract: An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.

Abstract: An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap causes a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.

Abstract: An improved fracture cabling system has one or more spacers. Each spacer has a longitudinal length extending along a body of the spacer. The body has an upper portion with an aperture configured to receive a wire or cable and a lower portion having one or more pairs of feet spaced by a longitudinal gap or groove. Each of the one or more pairs of feet is located on a lateral side of the spacer body and configured to contact a bone with a fracture. The gap is configured to be positioned over the fracture with each foot positioned on a side of the bone spaced from the fracture. The longitudinal length of the one or more spacers is preferably curved or arcuate. Each body of the one or more spacers has a leading end and a trailing end.

Abstract: An improved posterior acetabular wall fracture buttress plate has a main plate and a plate extension. The buttress plate has a pair of arms extending from the main plate and an arm extending from the plate extension. The main plate and the plate extension are pre-contoured with a concavity contoured and bent lengthwise off horizontal relative to the main plate to mimic a hip socket contour posteriorly along an undersurface at about 38 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees to mimic a curvature of the hip to yield an angle on the undersurface of 142 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees. The arms are 1.0 cm or less wide. The plate extension extends from the main plate and has at least one transverse groove defining a breakaway section allowing the plate extension to be removed from the main plate.

Abstract: The present invention is an improvement to surgical gown with two distinctive features. 1) the back of the gown and the back of the gown sleeves are a contrasting or bright color and 2) these same two-toned gown areas, back of sleeves and gown back top to bottom could also have a resin painted on that would transfer to any object it comes into contact with. Resin transfer will result in a visible change in the gown, a color change and/or bare spot in the resin loss region of the gown.

Abstract: An improved posterior acetabular wall fracture buttress plate has a main plate and a plate extension. The buttress plate has a pair of arms extending from the main plate and an arm extending from the plate extension. The main plate and the plate extension are pre-contoured with a concavity contoured and bent lengthwise off horizontal relative to the main plate to mimic a hip socket contour posteriorly along an undersurface at about 38 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees to mimic a curvature of the hip to yield an angle on the undersurface of 142 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees. The arms are 1.0 cm or less wide. The plate extension extends from the main plate and has at least one transverse groove defining a breakaway section allowing the plate extension to be removed from the main plate.

Abstract: An improved posterior acetabular wall fracture buttress plate has a buttress plate having a pair of arms extending from a main plate. The main plate is pre-contoured with a concavity contoured to mimic a hip socket contour posteriorly along an undersurface, the arms being 1.0 cm or less wide and bent lengthwise off horizontal about 38 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees to mimic a curvature of the hip to yield an angle on the undersurface of 142 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees. This is a stand-alone buttress plate intended to accomplish a buttress effect similar to previous art of 2-3 pelvic plates.

Abstract: An improved posterior acetabular wall fracture buttress plate has a buttress plate having a pair of arms extending from a main plate. The main plate is pre-contoured with a concavity contoured to mimic a hip socket contour posteriorly along an undersurface, the arms being 1.0 cm or less wide and bent lengthwise off horizontal about 38 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees to mimic a curvature of the hip to yield an angle on the undersurface of 142 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees.

Abstract: An improved posterior acetabular wall fracture buttress plate has a buttress plate having a pair of arms extending from a main plate. The main plate is pre-contoured with a concavity contoured to mimic a hip socket contour posteriorly along an undersurface, the arms being 1.0 cm or less wide and bent lengthwise off horizontal about 38 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees to mimic a curvature of the hip to yield an angle on the undersurface of 142 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees. This is a stand-alone buttress plate intended to accomplish a buttress effect similar to previous art of 2-3 pelvic plates.

Abstract: An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.

Abstract: An improved posterior acetabular wall fracture buttress plate has a buttress plate having a pair of arms extending from a main plate. The main plate is pre-contoured with a concavity contoured to mimic a hip socket contour posteriorly along an undersurface, the arms being 1.0 cm or less wide and bent lengthwise off horizontal about 38 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees to mimic a curvature of the hip to yield an angle on the undersurface of 142 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved method of maintaining sterility in the operating room during orthopaedic fracture care. This invention aids in the identification of when a non-sterile drape area has been touched by operating room personnel. This invention is a two-toned drape which is otherwise similar to a standard drape, but with contrasting or bright colors added to one half of the drape, and optionally to an outer 2 inch border to create two or more distinct and separate halves to the drape.

Abstract: The present invention is an improvement to surgical gown with two distinctive features. 1) the back of the gown and the back of the gown sleeves are a contrasting or bright color and 2) these same two-toned gown areas, back of sleeves and gown back top to bottom could also have a resin painted on that would transfer to any object it comes into contact with. Resin transfer will result in a visible change in the gown, a color change and/or bare spot in the resin loss region of the gown.