Suture distal locking
US10265106B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/1725
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for locking an intramedullary nail to a bone includes a first plate sized and shaped to be inserted through a channel of an intramedullary nail and dimensioned to prevent its passing through a locking hole of the intramedullary nail and a second plate sized and shaped to be positioned along a portion of an exterior of a hole drilled in the bone and dimensioned to prevent its passing through the hole drilled in the bone along with a connector couplable to the first and second plates and slidable through the channel of the intramedullary nail to extend through the locking hole from an interior of the channel to an exterior of a bone in which the intramedullary nail has been inserted.
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