Flexible intramedullary rod
US8900233B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/1675
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.
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