WO2002060353A1 - Vorrichtung zum kontrollierten dehnen von weichteilen - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for controlled stretching of soft parts according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Non-osseous tissue hereinafter referred to as "soft tissue”, which is stretched too much during an operation and fixed on it in a stretched state, loses its ability to hypertrophy, is damaged and may perish.
- a musculoskeletal unit for example, a musculoskeletal unit, ligament structure or neurovascular
- a second anatomical structure e.g. bone or tendon
- the distance to the second structure is too far, so that this can only be done with excessive force or by bridging the distance with an interposition.
- the following methods can be used:
- the musculotinous unit is pulled to the desired place of insertion / origin and fixed there. To do this, it may be necessary to pull the
- Muscles are exercised, causing excessive tensile stresses in the muscular tendons
- the desired place of insertion / origin can be shifted by means of a suitable osteotomy so that an existing gap to the musculoskeletal unit can be closed.
- the invention seeks to remedy this.
- the invention has for its object to provide a device which makes it possible to attach the tendon or ligament of a musculoskeletal or ligamentary unit to the bone in such a way that, firstly, excessive stretching of the soft parts is avoided, and secondly, the tensile stress of the soft parts simple measures can be set and changed during and after the operation.
- the invention is described below on the basis of the operative treatment of ruptures of the rotator cuff of the shoulder, but it can be applied to other analogous clinical cases.
- the affected muscle After rupture of the tendon of a musculoskeletal unit, the affected muscle retracts and atrophies. After that, it can only be attached using force that is harmful to it, or its tendon must be bridged with an interposition.
- the invention achieves the stated object with a device which has the features of claim 1.
- the advantages of the device according to the invention lie in the possibility of the continuous or gradual stretching of shortened muscles.
- the tendon or the ligament of a musculotonic or ligamentary unit to be fixed can be fixed to one or more threads or a similar structure (eg wire, band, plastic band, etc.) (hereinafter “threads").
- the threads looped to the tendon can be provided with suitable thickenings (knots, fastened balls, ribs, or the like) or notches, which find a hold on a second part, which is fastened in the area of the desired fastening point.
- the thread or threads can only be pulled in one direction through the second part (hereinafter “counter bearing”) and then no longer slide back.
- the thread guide can be provided with a slot in the direction of the force absorption, in which the thread gets stuck with the thickenings or notches when it slides back.
- other safeguards for the thread are also possible, for example in the form of a tongue or pliers movable against the force of a spring, which allow the threads to move in one direction through the through-channel and prevent them in the opposite direction.
- a rigid counter bearing is attached, through which the thread or threads can be pulled.
- the rigid counter bearing can be fastened using all known fastening techniques (screws, jamming, cementing, etc.).
- the counter bearing is designed so that the threads running through it can only be pulled in one direction, namely in the one in which the tendon is to be pulled to the bone, and after releasing it can find resistance independently and can no longer slide back in the opposite direction ,
- the free ends of the threads are either left in the body or led out of the body through the skin.
- they can be sealed and sealed on the skin with an adhesive (e.g. a cyanoacrylate glue) or a similar structure (e.g. a film) to e.g. To prevent infection or bleeding.
- an adhesive e.g. a cyanoacrylate glue
- a similar structure e.g. a film
- the tractive force exerted on the muscular or ligament unit attached to it can be adjusted either continuously or stepwise and, if necessary, also after the operation, if the preparations have been made during the operation.
- the tensile force is maintained, but decreases over time due to various factors (biological adaptation of the soft parts, cold flow of the polymer threads, etc.).
- the optimum tensile force can be selected at any time, which brings about a physiological expansion of the soft parts attached to the threads, which can then gradually adapt to the new length through natural remodeling processes.
- the tendon either grows spontaneously on the bone or it can be specially fastened in a second operation.
- the strings are left, dissolve if biodegradable material has been selected, or are removed.
- the device according to the invention is preferably attached to the bone surface by means of suitable bone fixation means (e.g. screws); however, it is also possible to fix the device in the bone instead of on the bone surface.
- suitable bone fixation means e.g. screws
- the device can also pharmaceuticals / factors or the like. retire or serve as a pole in additional electrotherapeutic procedures.
- the flexible, but in the longitudinal direction essentially inelastic structures (threads) can also be replaced by an elastic, prestressed structure (e.g. silastic tape), which continuously exerts tension on the musculoskeletal unit.
- an elastic, prestressed structure e.g. silastic tape
- Figure 1 is a plan view of an inventive device.
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective side view of the device according to the invention according to FIG. 1 with a bone screw inserted therein and a cord with knots inserted therein;
- FIG. 3 shows a view of the humerus from outside, laterally with a cord with knots inserted therein with a device according to the invention fastened thereon; and
- Fig. 4 is a plan view of a variant of the device according to the invention, which has several attachment options and several abutments for the cord with knots.
- the device shown in FIGS. 1-3 for the controlled stretching of soft parts by means of flexible, longitudinal structures 10, in particular in the form of a cord with knots 15 arranged at regular intervals, which can be fastened to the soft parts to be stretched, consists essentially of a rigid one , a plate-shaped base 2 having body 1 with the longitudinal axis 14.
- the body 1 in the embodiment according to FIGS. 1-3 consists of a bone plate consisting of two circles of different sizes, which has a through-channel 3 in the area of the smaller circle, which has the pierces plate-shaped base 2 and into which a structure 10 can be inserted in the direction of arrow 16.
- a means 4 is provided in the form of a hole penetrating the plate-shaped base 2 in order to fasten the body 1 to the bone surface 13 by means of a bone screw 20.
- the bore can have a countersink into which the head 21 of the bone screw 20 comes to rest.
- the through-channel 3 is provided with a taper 9 in the form of a V-shaped incision, which is arranged in the direction of the only possible direction of movement of the structure 10. As a result, the structure 10 can only be pulled through the through-channel 3 in one direction, which is indicated by the arrow 16 in FIG. 2.
- the device shown in Fig. 4 consists of a bone plate, in which the plate-shaped base 2 is extended so that several - here three - means 4 in the form of plates and also several - here two - through channels 3 find space in the bone plate, to allow more complicated applications with multiple structures 10 attached thereto.
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