Intramedullary device with compound fastener trajectories

US9839454B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biomet C.V. · GI

Inventors

• Stephen Andrew Sems · Rochester, US
• Daniel S. Horwitz · Bloomsburg, US
• Tracy J. Watson · Town and Country, US
• Michael Wich · Berlin, DE
• Greg Gohring · Wabash, US
• Daren Granger · Warsaw, US
• Joseph Michael O'Reilly · Granger, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

An intramedullary device, having a first longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, is provided. The intramedullary device may include a first bore and a second bore. The first bore may include a second longitudinal axis and may extend through the intramedullary device between a first opening and a second opening. The second longitudinal axis may define a first angle (θ1) with the first longitudinal axis. The second bore may include a third longitudinal axis and may extend through the intramedullary device between the first opening and a third opening. The third longitudinal axis may define a second angle (θ2) with the first longitudinal axis.