Anchoring group for an external fixator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9913663
APP PUB NO 20160157892A1
SERIAL NO

14908501

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An anchoring group (20) for an external fixator (1), comprising: a connecting body (11) designed to be coupled to a bar (2) of an external fixator (1), said connecting body (11) being crossed by a median plane (M); a first locking device (10) for locking first unicortical pins and connected to the connecting body (11), said first locking device (10) comprising at least one seat; and a second locking device (10) for locking second unicortical pins and also connected to the connecting body (11), said second locking device (10) comprising at least one auxiliary seat, which is not aligned with the at least one seat of the first locking device (10), said first and second locking devices (10) extending from different side of said median plane (M), wherein the connecting body (11) has at least two fastening seats (110a, 110b) for each the first and the second locking devices (10) so as to allow at least two alternative mounting configurations from each side with respect to the median plane (M) of the connecting body (11).

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ORTHOFIX S R LVIA DELLE NAZIONI 9 BUSSOLENGO VERONA 37012

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Coati, Michele San Pietro in Cariano, IT 14 579
Ottoboni, Andrea Rovigo, IT 21 50
Venturini, Daniele Povegliano Veronese, IT 78 2312
Zandona′, Enrico Verona, IT 2 1

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