Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distal radius nail
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Application No.: US15466105Application Date: 2017-03-22
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Publication No.: US10251682B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Yvonne Schumacher , Robert Frigg , Alfred Niederberger , Daniel Fluri , Andreas Appenzeller , Beat Spörri
- Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Fay Kaplum & Marcin, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/72
- IPC: A61B17/72 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/88

Abstract:
A system for treating a bone fracture includes an intramedullary nail sized and shaped to be inserted through a medullary canal of a bone to extend across a fracture site of the bone, the intramedullary device extending from a first end to a second end and including a plurality of openings extending laterally therethrough, the openings sized and shaped to receive bone fixation elements therethrough, and an insertion device including a base portion and a handle portion extending therefrom, the base portion integrally formed with the intramedullary nail and connected thereto via a plurality of connection points which, when a force is exerted thereon, break to disconnect the insertion device from the intramedullary nail, the base portion including a plurality of guide channels extending therethrough, each of the guide channels being aligned with a corresponding one of the openings of the intramedullary nail.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180271567A1 DISTAL RADIUS NAIL Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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