Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for compression across fractures
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Application No.: US14690241Application Date: 2015-04-17
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Publication No.: US09408637B2Publication Date: 2016-08-09
- Inventor: George Mikhail , Glen Pierson
- 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 Kaplun & Marcin, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/68
- IPC: A61B17/68 ; A61B17/84 ; A61B17/86 ; A61B17/70 ; A61B17/88

Abstract:
A bone fixation device includes a first element extending from a first head to a first shaft along a first longitudinal axis and having a first channel extending therethrough. The first head rests against a portion of bone adjacent to a first hole through which the first shaft is inserted. A second element includes a second shaft extending along a second longitudinal axis to a second head and having a second channel extending therethrough, the second head resting against a portion of bone adjacent to a second hole through which the second shaft is inserted. The second channel is dimensioned to receive the first shaft therein. A tensioning element is insertable through the first and second channels so that tension applied at a second end thereof imparts a compressive force to the a bone into which the first and second elements are inserted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150216566A1 Device for Compression Across Fractures Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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