A while ago when looking for material to built my fishing toy I found some very weird tool at scrap metal .I don't know what is this but still buy because very quality made .It was cheap only have to pay for scrap metal and a little more
I guess these are special tool for implant .Some I can use as hand drill ,weird drill bit but work good on wood .All made by stainless steel ,case made by aluminum
That's wild, and a little scary too. Maybe for something like hip replacements.
I can read "the external fixation" but what does the even smaller text say?
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Small letter say :Original Hoffmann
those look to me like surgical tools used to piece broken bones together until they knit, the bag of screws (doctors call those pins) are labeled orthopedic.
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Quote from: quabbin boy 62 on February 19, 2025, 09:14:08 AMthose look to me like surgical tools used to piece broken bones together until they knit, the bag of screws (doctors call those pins) are labeled orthopedic.
You're correct - DePuy Synthes is an orthopaedics supply company with a wide variety of products for knee, hip, spine, foot & ankle, etc. surgery. Even power tools (https://www.jnjmedtech.com/en-US/products/orthopaedic-surgical-power-tools?items_per_page=12) ;) :d
When you say scrap metal price , what kind of chump change was it ? Look like all stainless steel tools and screws .
Quote from: oldmanjoe on February 19, 2025, 10:55:09 PMWhen you say scrap metal price , what kind of chump change was it ? Look like all stainless steel tools and screws .
scrap metal price up and down depend on market ,I don't go there for a while so I don't know .Aluminum about 50 cents a pound ,Stainless steal around $.90 a pound .If the item I buy is stainless steal weight 30 lbs I give them $35 .
My oldest Daughter works for a firm that packs kits like that, and ships them to hospitals...along with the "artificial joints" (in several sizes...one size larger, and one size smaller...). the reasoning behind that is to make sure that the "cutter" has everything needed for a successful surgery. The "tools" are usually a "one time use", and , of course are "specific to each joint involved. The "extra joint parts are returned...but not the tools.
Decommissioned gear from an orthopaedic surgery OR. Generally if you need external fixation you screwed up (no pun intended!) pretty good and have an impressive fracture of some description. The long rods with the threaded ends and the points go through your skin into the pieces of bone, then the larger smooth rods are clamped to the ends on the outside of your limb to keep the pieces in alignment while they knit together.
The "locking bolt for univ nail" is for when they place an intramedullary nail, which is where they drill right down the middle of the bone and hammer a rod into it to keep the pieces aligned, then that little bolt (or several) goes in sideways to lock it in place.
It's crazy what they can achieve these days. Injuries that not too long ago would have meant permanent deformity and disability or even amputation are commonly successfully treated.
Thank you everybody for information ,my knowledge about medical is limited and I was not understand the word "external fixation "then I just think it's tool to fix something .I guess these are outdated external fixation tool ,they must have much better tool on medical field today