US 12,137,941 B2
Orthopedic cable bone transport device and bone transport system comprising said device
Daniele Venturini, Povegliano Veronese (IT); Andrea Ottoboni, Giacciano con Baruchella (IT); Michael Lupatini, San Martino della Battaglia (IT); John D. Ross, Ovilla, TX (US); Mikhail L. Samchukov, Coppell, TX (US); Alexander M. Cherkashin, Flower Mound, TX (US); and Karen D. Standefer, Flower Mound, TX (US)
Assigned to Orthofix S.R.L., Verona (IT); and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Orthofix S.R.L., Verona (IT); and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,789.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200854 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/64 (2006.01); A61B 17/66 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/6441 (2013.01) [A61B 17/66 (2013.01); A61B 17/7216 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00137 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic bone transport system, comprising:
an external fixation frame attachable to a fixed bone segment with the external fixation frame oriented in a first plane; and
a cable pulling device comprising:
a main body configured to be secured to the external fixation frame;
a reel rotatable about said main body and configured to wind up a cable to be secured to a transport bone segment to move said transport bone segment towards said fixed bone segment, wherein the main body is secured to the external fixation frame with an axis of rotation of the reel oriented substantially parallel to the first plane, the axis of rotation of the reel thereby substantially lying on a transverse plane with respect to the fixed bone segment; and
a transmission driving the reel in order to wind up the cable.