Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plastic implant for osteosynthesis
- Patent Title (中): 塑料植入物用于骨接合术
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Application No.: US10314406Application Date: 2002-12-09
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Publication No.: US07862596B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Markus Hehli , Reto Frei , Georg Duda
- Applicant: Markus Hehli , Reto Frei , Georg Duda
- Applicant Address: US PA West Chester
- Assignee: Synthes USA, LLC
- Current Assignee: Synthes USA, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA West Chester
- Agency: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/80
- IPC: A61B17/80

Abstract:
The invention relates to an osteosynthesis implant (1) that preferably consists of a bioresorbable plastic material. The inventive implant receives the longitudinal fixation elements (10) to be anchored in the bone, especially in the form of wires, nails, pins or screws. The openings destined to receive the fixation elements (10) do not completely extend through the implant (1) like in conventional bone plates or intramedullary nails but are degenerated to indents (2) in the surface of the implant (1) so that they may serve as a guide for the fixation elements (10) to be guided through the implant (1). The inventive implant (1) allows insertion of the fixation elements (10) in the bone diverging angles and crossing one another, so that the fixation elements (10) extending intramedullarly or in the spongiosa are primarily prevented from migrating in a proximal or distal direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030149433A1 Plastic implant for osteosynthesis Public/Granted day:2003-08-07
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