Hinge for External Bone Fixator - Advanced Trauma Solutions
Summary
USPTO granted patent US12599409B2 to Advanced Trauma Solutions LLC for a hinge apparatus used in external bone fixators. The invention includes outrigger bars, joint bodies, a torque amplifying knob with collapsible turn levers, and a screw turn actuator. The patent has 14 claims and 3 CPC classifications in the A61B medical device category.
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USPTO granted patent US12599409B2 to Advanced Trauma Solutions LLC, covering a hinge apparatus for external bone fixators with torque amplifying knobs and collapsible turn levers. The patent provides intellectual property protection for the mechanical hinge design.
Medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers should monitor this development for potential licensing opportunities and to assess freedom-to-operate implications for competing external fixation products.
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Hinge apparatus for external bone fixator
Grant US12599409B2 Kind: B2 Apr 14, 2026
Assignee
ADVANCED TRAUMA SOLUTIONS, LLC
Inventors
Bruce H. Ziran, Patrick Kelly Capeheart
Abstract
A hinge apparatus has a pair of outrigger bars that attach to and extend outwardly from respective joint bodies. The outrigger bars can be adjusted at various angles relative to each other. The joint bodies have respective surfaces that face and engage each other. A joint screw connects the joint bodies. A torque amplifying knob with collapsable turn levers rotates a central screw turn actuator. The actuator is engaged with the screw so that movement of the actuator is caused in opposite first and second linear directions along the threaded body when rotational force is applied in opposite first and second rotational directions, respectively, to the torque amplifying knob. The turn levers of each knob can be collapsed in a side-by-side arrangement. The turn levers of the knobs are ergonomically designed so that the knobs can be hand operated, without tools, in the collapsed and un-collapsed configurations.
CPC Classifications
A61B 17/60 A61B 17/64 A61B 17/606 A61B 17/6458
Filing Date
2024-11-11
Application No.
18943039
Claims
14
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