T-Bar connector can be replaced by threaded 8mm rod and spacers

[tareko]

One of the use cases, especially with fractures of the tibia, is a T-shaped fixation. Often, this involves a "bar to bar" connector. One possibility is to consider a threaded 8mm rod along with spacers to create this "t"

Advantages:

1. It avoids the bar-to-bar connector
2. 3D printed bar-to-bar connectors are bulky at the moment. This reduces space needed

Disadvantages:

1. There's significantly less control than when doing a bar-to-bar connector as the angle must remain perpendicular.

Two proposals for the spacer would be a hollow metal spacer with an ID of 8.5mm; or a printed spacer, which would allow more flexibility in sizes

[tareko]

Sample image of t-connector rod, this one with the T at the bottom (to the foot) rather than the top (to the knee)

[tareko]

The other option here is adding a specific "bar to bar" connector piece to the repository.