Thank you and sorry for such an intellectually un-challenging question. Every ounce of my education and general common sense told me this was the case, that one full turn would progress the bolt 1mm, but I had to be absolutely sure. The distraction is supposed to progress at 1mm per day but the...
Hello, my wife has a medical device to lengthen her leg. It's called an external fixator. There is a bolt which is 1cm in diameter and threaded through a fixed part. I counted 10 threads per cm on the bolt. Using an Allen key, she is supposed to turn the bolt 4 quarter turns (i.e. one full...
