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Intramedullary rod targeting device

US4881535A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 6, 1988
Grant dateNov 21, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 6, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/1725
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An intramedullary rod targeting device for guiding drilling of distal fastener screw passages in the femur of a patient during the installation in the patient's femur of an intramedullary rod is disclosed.

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