Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intramedullary nail fixation guides, devices and methods of use
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Application No.: US14776418Application Date: 2014-03-14
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Publication No.: US09907562B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Albert DaCosta , Frank Bono , Michael Houghton , Thomas Sangiovanni , James T. Clancy , Thomas Chang
- Applicant: PARAGON 28, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: PARAGON 28, INC.
- Current Assignee: PARAGON 28, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/027086 WO 20140314
- International Announcement: WO2014/152219 WO 20140925
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/72 ; A61B17/56 ; A61B17/68

Abstract:
Fixation guide devices and methods for positioning and inserting an intramedullary nail are disclosed. The fixation guide devices include a frame with a first end and a second end, a compression device removably coupled to the first end of the frame, and the intramedullary nail secured to a nail attachment apparatus of the frame. An intramedullary nail including a body with a fastening end, a closed end, and at least two openings is also disclosed. A compression device includes a compression member, a knob, and a bolt secured in the knob and rotatably engaging the compression member is also disclosed. An alignment guide is disclosed and includes a base member, an alignment member, and a fixation guide. A method of inserting an intramedullary nail into two bones for fixation of the two bones is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160030064A1 INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL FIXATION GUIDES, DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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