Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Instrument for fracture fragment alignment and stabilization
- Patent Title (中): 用于断裂片段对准和稳定的仪器
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Application No.: US13562944Application Date: 2012-07-31
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Publication No.: US09301767B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Nicholas S. Ritchey , Thomas A. Russell , Roy W. Sanders
- Applicant: Nicholas S. Ritchey , Thomas A. Russell , Roy W. Sanders
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/56
- IPC: A61B17/56 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/00
Abstract:
An instrument for locating an axis of a blocking screw is disclosed. The instrument is applicable for a retrograde installation of a femoral intramedullary device or an antegrade installation of a tibial intramedullary device. The instrument includes a drill jig with a radiolucent frame portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion is adapted to connect to an intramedullary device, and the frame portion has at least one aperture for locating the axis of the blocking screw. The drill jig is adjustable to locate the aperture in a longitudinal or rotational direction relative to the intramedullary device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130006258A1 INSTRUMENT FOR FRACTURE FRAGMENT ALIGNMENT AND STABILIZATION Public/Granted day:2013-01-03
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