Paragraph 157
Paragraph 157
Application
BONE FIXATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Matter Number
NXT-5PROV
Paragraph Number
157
Application Number
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Reference Case 1
NXT-5PROV
Reference Case 2
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Created
8/16/21, 12:00 AM
Modified
8/16/21, 12:00 AM
Id
4,878
Content
As used herein, a "fixator" refers to an apparatus, instrument, structure, device, component, member, system, assembly, or module structured, organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to connect two bones or bone fragments or a single bone or bone fragment and another fixator to position and retain the bone or bone fragments in a desired position and/or orientation. Fixators can also serve to redistribute load and stresses experienced by bone(s) and/or body parts and can serve to reduce relative motion of one part relative to others. Examples of fixators include both those for external fixation as well as those for internal fixation and include, but are not limited to pins, wires, Kirschner wires, screws, anchors, bone anchors, plates, bone plates, intramedullary nails or rods or pins, implants, interbody cages, fusion cages, and the like.
Notes
Added by DJM 8 2021