Abstract: Apparatus for an orthopedic brace with magnetic assistance for assisting with a spastic gait. A pair of braces are configured to each support and secure a magnetic device on each leg above the knee. The magnetic devices generate a magnetic force sufficient to reduce a spastic gait. Each magnetic device has a magnetic field that interacts with a magnetic field of the other magnetic device. The magnetic field produces a magnetic force that repels the other magnetic device as the magnetic devices move relative to each other when the wearer walks. The shape of the magnetic field is configured to aid the wearer in avoiding the legs colliding while walking. In one embodiment discrete magnets are disposed on the medial side of each brace. In another embodiment magnetic material is integral with the medial side of each brace and the magnetic material has a selected field strength curve.

Abstract: Apparatus for an orthopedic brace with magnetic assistance for assisting with a spastic gait. A pair of braces are configured to each support and secure a magnetic device on each leg above the knee. The magnetic devices generate a magnetic force sufficient to reduce a spastic gait. Each magnetic device has a magnetic field that interacts with a magnetic field of the other magnetic device. The magnetic field produces a magnetic force that repels the other magnetic device as the magnetic devices move relative to each other when the wearer walks. The shape of the magnetic field is configured to aid the wearer in avoiding the legs colliding while walking. In one embodiment discrete magnets are disposed on the medial side of each brace. In another embodiment magnetic material is integral with the medial side of each brace and the magnetic material has a selected field strength curve.

Abstract: Apparatus for an orthopedic brace with magnetic assistance. A pair of braces are configured to each support and secure a magnetic device on each leg above the knee. The magnetic devices generate a magnetic force sufficient to reduce a spastic gait. Each magnetic device has a magnetic field that interacts with a magnetic field of the other magnetic device. The magnetic field produces a magnetic force that repels the other magnetic device as the magnetic devices move relative to each other when the wearer walks. The shape of the magnetic field is configured to aid the wearer in avoiding the legs colliding while walking. In one embodiment discrete magnets are disposed on the medial side of each brace. In another embodiment magnetic material is integral with the medial side of each brace and the magnetic material has a selected field strength curve.

Abstract: Apparatus for an orthopedic brace with magnetic assistance. A pair of braces are configured to each support and secure a magnetic device on each leg above the knee. The magnetic devices generate a magnetic force sufficient to reduce a spastic gait. Each magnetic device has a magnetic field that interacts with a magnetic field of the other magnetic device. The magnetic field produces a magnetic force that repels the other magnetic device as the magnetic devices move relative to each other when the wearer walks. The shape of the magnetic field is configured to aid the wearer in avoiding the legs colliding while walking. In one embodiment discrete magnets are disposed on the medial side of each brace. In another embodiment magnetic material is integral with the medial side of each brace and the magnetic material has a selected field strength curve.

Abstract: A method for reducing and fixing fractures, for example, a proximal humeral fracture. A jacking device is releasably attached to a locking plate that presses against an inferior aspect of the head to rotate the head into anatomic alignment. Suture material is stitched into the soft tissue superior to the head and pulls the superior end of the head and guides and steers the head. The suture material is passed through suture holes in the superior end of the plate. The jacking device is positioned to hold the head in an anatomic neck/shaft angle, thereby allowing the head to be fixed to the locking plate. In one such embodiment, a swivel bushing in the plate receives the jacking device and allows the angle of the device to be adjusted as desired. To aid in the fluoroscopic visualization during surgery, a radiolucent retractor is used to avoid blocking the surgeon's view.

Abstract: A method for reducing and fixing fractures, for example, a proximal humeral fracture. A jacking device is releasably attached to a locking plate that presses against an inferior aspect of the head to rotate the head into anatomic alignment. Suture material is stitched into the soft tissue superior to the head and pulls the superior end of the head and guides and steers the head. The suture material is passed through suture holes in the superior end of the plate. The jacking device is positioned to hold the head in an anatomic neck/shaft angle, thereby allowing the head to be fixed to the locking plate. In one such embodiment, a swivel bushing in the plate receives the jacking device and allows the angle of the device to be adjusted as desired. To aid in the fluoroscopic visualization during surgery, a radiolucent retractor is used to avoid blocking the surgeon's view.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing and fixing fractures, for example, a proximal humeral fracture. A jacking device releasably attached to a locking plate presses against an inferior aspect of the head to rotate the head into anatomic alignment. Suture material stitched into the soft tissue superior to the head pulls the superior end of the head and guides and steers the head. The suture material passes through suture holes in the superior end of the plate. The jacking device positions and holds the head in an anatomic neck/shaft angle, thereby allowing the head to be fixed to the locking plate. In one such embodiment, a swivel bushing in the plate receives the jacking device and allows the angle of the device to be adjusted as desired. To aid in the fluoroscopic visualization during surgery, a radiolucent retractor is used to avoid blocking the surgeon's view.

Abstract: A system and a method for reducing a proximal fractured humerus includes a fracture reduction plate and an elongated pin including a plurality of threads. The elongated pin is configured to be inserted through the fracture reduction plate and engage with a humeral head. The fracture reduction plate is placed on the fractured humerus and provisionally secured. Sutures may be used to guide the fracture reduction plate into place on the fractured humerus. Next, the elongated pin is engaged with the humeral head at a superior angle relative to the humerus and the fracture is reduced. The elongated pin may be used to push the humeral head in a superior direction while pulling on the humeral head using the sutures. The fracture reduction plate can then be secured to the humerus and the elongated pin removed. Bone graft material may be applied to the fracture reduction site.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing and fixing fractures, for example, a proximal humeral fracture. A jacking device releasably attached to a locking plate presses against an inferior aspect of the head to rotate the head into anatomic alignment. Suture material stitched into the soft tissue superior to the head pulls the superior end of the head and guides and steers the head. The suture material passes through suture holes in the superior end of the plate. The jacking device positions and holds the head in an anatomic neck/shaft angle, thereby allowing the head to be fixed to the locking plate. In one such embodiment, a swivel bushing in the plate receives the jacking device and allows the angle of the device to be adjusted as desired. To aid in the fluoroscopic visualization during surgery, a radiolucent retractor is used to avoid blocking the surgeon's view.