Bone fracture reduction device and method of internal fixation of bone fractures

Claim 1

A bone fracture reduction device for the internal fixation and immobilization of bone fragments at one or more bone fracture sites comprising: (a) two or more spaced bone affixation plate sections formed of bio-compatible metallic material and arranged as one or more pairs of plate sections, each of said plate sections having at least one screw hole extending therethrough for receiving a bone screw to be driven into a bone fragment on one side of a bone fracture site to affix each of said plate sections to such bone fragment; and (b) one leg section of like bio-compatible metallic material interconnecting each pair of plate sections, each leg section being less than half the width of the plate sections to which it is connected and being of uniform cross section throughout its length and each leg section spanning a fracture line between its respective connected pair of plate sections upon affixation of said plate sections to adjacent bone fragments at a fracture site, and each leg section being deformable after affixation of its connected par of plate sections to adjacent bone fragments whereby upon kinking deformation thereof the distance between each connected pair of said plate sections is reduced and the adjacent bone fragments compressed to close the fracture line between said plate sections and immobilize the fracture.