Colles fracture fixature device

Claim 1

An external fixation device for use in orthopedic surgery for fixing the angular orientation and longitudinal extent of surgical fixation pins adapted, when in use, to be secured to bone fragments for stabilizing such bone fragments during healing, comprising, in combination: a pair of rigid arcuate support members spaced apart from each other; each of the support members generally arcuate have a generally rectangular cross-section, the major dimension of which extends, in use, generally perpendicular to the axis of the bone to be stabilized; each support member has a hole proximate each end thereof; spaced from and positioned between said holes is an arcuate slot formed from proximate one hole to proximate the other hole, the holes and the slot being formed through the support member perpendicular to said major dimension thereof; a pair of spacing bolts extending through the holes through the support members; means on the spacing bolts for adjusting and for fixing the spacing between the support members; a plurality of surgical fixation pin support means, each such pin support means comprising a connector portion extending from a clevis which includes a pair of spaced clamping members each of which has an aperture formed therethrough, means cooperating with the connector portion for removably and adjustably securing the pin support means in the slot of a support member, an elongated clevis pin having formed therethrough a transverse aperture which is adapted to receive a fixation pin; the clevis pin extends through the apertures in the clevis clamping members with the aperture in the clevis pin between said clamping members; and means on said clevis pin for tightening the clamping members together on a fixation pin received in the aperture in the clevis pin so that when the device is in use, the distance and angular orientation of the bone fragment to be stabilized is thereby fixed relative to the fixation device.