Intramedullary nail with oblique openings

US10010355B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biomet C.V. · GI

Inventors

• Timothy J. Czartoski · Fort Wayne, US
• Dale Davison · Naples, US
• William Muhammad · Warsaw, US
• Jack Dean Cole · Orlando, US
• Berton R. Moed · Chesterfield, US
• J. Tracy Watson · Eureka, US
• Michael Wich · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/725
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An intramedullary nail for use in a medullary canal of a long bone. The nail includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and an external periphery for fitting in the medullary canal of the long bone. The body has a first internal wall thereof defining a first opening through the body, defining a first opening centerline. The body has a second internal wall defining a second opening through the body, defining a second opening centerline. The first opening centerline and the second opening centerline are oblique with respect to each other. The longitudinal axis of the body and the first opening centerline form an acute angle between the longitudinal axis of the body and the first opening centerline. The longitudinal axis of the body and the second opening centerline forming an acute angle between the longitudinal axis of the body and the second opening centerline.