Curved intramedullary lower leg spike

US4522202A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Schwarzkopf Development Corporation · US

Inventors

• Wolf-Dieter Otte · Volkach, DE
• Heinz Otte · Volkach, DE
• Siegfried Schider · Reutte, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 1983
• Grant date: Jun 11, 1985
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/72
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

There is disclosed a curved intramedullary lower leg spike in which the face over which cooperates with a driving tool is disposed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the spike and in which the face area and the front plane of the spike define a divided frontal surface at the leading end of the spike and form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis thereof.