Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Targeting device
- Patent Title (中): 定位设备
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Application No.: US12028077Application Date: 2008-02-08
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Publication No.: US08795287B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Daniel D. Fritzinger , Daniel W. Buehler , Rebecca Parrott , Michael A. Kay
- Applicant: Daniel D. Fritzinger , Daniel W. Buehler , Rebecca Parrott , Michael A. Kay
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00 ; A61B17/17

Abstract:
A targeting device used in the insertion of an intramedullary nail into a bone. The targeting device includes a guide barrel having a frame portion formed of a non-radiolucent material. The guide barrel also includes a radiolucent material molded over the frame. In addition, the frame includes openings configured to allow a surgeon to view a relatively greater area around the guide barrel in an image of the assembly during surgery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080281331A1 TARGETING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2008-11-13
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