The invention started with an apparatus and methods of joining bones or for mending broken bones. This means and methods is done or through the use of a pin or a shaft passing through a hole in the bone or bones to be held and locked in place by a self-locking button.
Both human and animals has the same fear. The shock may be a result of a car accident or maybe cause of a surgical procedure which entails of the removal or alteration of the bones. The bones maybe damaged or partially fractured. Restoration of damaged bones is greatly attained if portions of it will be joined again and tightly clamped together. The length of clamping the bones usually takes couples of days or months to give time to slow process of bone cells to knit together.
There are many ways used in the past to keep the bones together. Outside casts, braces, and splints are some of the examples. Under such circumstances those methods allow possible bone movements thus are less effective. Recently, screw forms as internal clamps have been used. But these screws are often complicated and difficult to install, particularly for fragile bones. Therefore, there is a need for a better bone clamps and bone clamping methods to be more effective in restoring mobilization parts of both animal and human body.
The clamp should consist of a fewer parts and simpler means and methods of bone clamping. The clamp should be inserted through a hole of one or more bones to hold and lock them firmly in place. That the clamp being pressed together will automatically lock against the other bones tightly without any complexity. The clamp should be made up of two parts. A pin and a clamp button which will mechanically lock the pin. And lastly an improved clamp and method using a pin and clamp button circumferential ratchet-type fastening mechanism. .
A bone clamp is an orthopedic instrument used to temporarily clamp bone fragments. This helps the surgeons to hold and align bones together to allow proper drilling and screw to be inserted to hold them together. Latest invention, clamp has two important functions, the butress and the clamp function. Both of the functions may be employed depending on the degree of the bone fracture. The clamp is divided into parts. First, the front portion is bent into a buttress and the lower portion is for clamp. The second comprises the upper portion of the clamp with the screw to secure the clamp to control the bone. The butress of the clamp use to press the intra-articular pieces of bone against a neighboring joint surface. This functions to capture and secure a bone fragment.
The bone clamp is joined together by a shaft and a button simply designed for ease installation. The clamp through one-hand may be inserted and locked. Automatically the button locks the shaft of the pin without the means of external pin. Today, clamps are now made of plastic materials which can possibly be inserted to the body and absorbed as the healing progresses to avoid subsequent removal.
