Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixation device for treating a bone fracture
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Application No.: US13278805Application Date: 2011-10-21
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Publication No.: US10675068B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Robert Frigg
- Applicant: Robert Frigg
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/68
- IPC: A61B17/68 ; A61B17/74

Abstract:
A fixation device for treating an epiphyseal fracture, comprises a shaft extending longitudinally along a central axis from a first end to a second end configured to slidably engage a bone implant opening and a having a maximum radius r and a spherical head element attached to the first end of the shaft and having a radius R>r, the spherical head element configured to be inserted into a fragmented portion of bone such that the fragmented portion rotates about the spherical head element relative to the central axis of the shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120109128A1 Bone Implant Public/Granted day:2012-05-03
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