Attaching the Distractor

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slide the 105 mm Holding Sleeve over the proximal Schanz screw 1.   Handling the preassembled distractor as a unit, slide the 105 mm Holding Sleeve over the proximal Schanz screw, through the stab incision onto the bone. The 14.0 mm Threaded Spindle should be parallel and anterolateral to the axis of the proximal femur.

2.   Slide the 55 mm Holding Sleeve onto the distal Schanz screw, onto the bone. Temporarily loosen the knurled nut or the Spindle Nuts, as needed.

Securely tighten the Holding Sleeves on the Schanz screws by tightening the wing nuts using the pin wrench. Put the pin wrench through the hole in the wing, and use it as a tightening lever. If the distractor is positioned properly, the threaded spindle will be parallel to the proximal femur. Tighten all knurled nuts in the neutral position (with the reference marks aligned).

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