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Devices and methods for monitoring the rotational orientation of bone fragments

US9456875B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stryker European Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

Volker Buhren · Rosenheim, DE
Ronald Prager · Bovenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2010
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 7, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/378
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device and a method for positioning and monitoring the rotary orientation of extremity bone fragments when implanting an intramedullary implant, and in particular to a device and a method for monitoring the rotary orientation of extremity bone fragments of the leg when implanting an intramedullary nail by using a monitoring of locking means of the intramedullary nail which so as to improve the accuracy of the orientation of extremity bone fragments.

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