Device for Bone Fixation
AssigneeSynthes USA, LLC
InventorsChad Richard Munro, Peter Senn
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for bone fixation, comprising A) an intramedullary pin (1) having a longitudinal axis (17), a distal tip (2) for introduction into the marrow cavity, and a proximal rear end (3) and B) a bone plate (10), for location on the greater trochanter, arranged at the proximal rear end (3) of the pin (1), whereby C) the pin (1) has a through transverse drilling (6) in the proximal half (7) thereof which faces the proximal rear end (3), for housing a hip screw (30) and D) the bone plate (10) terminates proximally above the transverse drilling (6).
Claims21
1-14. (canceled)
A bone fixation device, comprising:
- an intramedullary pin having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal tip configured and dimensioned for insertion into a medullary canal of a bone;
- a bone plate disposed at the proximal end of the intramedullary pin;
- wherein the bone plate includes an angled tab configured and dimensioned to have a center of gravity lying on a radius of a cross-sectional area of the intramedullary pin taken orthogonally to the intramedullary pin's longitudinal axis.
A bone fixation device comprising:
- an intramedullary pin having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end configured and dimensioned for insertion into a medullary canal of a bone;
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- a bone plate disposed at the proximal end of the intramedullary pin, the bone plate including an angled tab with a pair of petals extending toward the distal end of the intramedullary pin;
- wherein the angled tab is configured and dimensioned to have a center of gravity lying on a radius of a cross-sectional area of the intramedullary pin taken orthogonally to the intramedullary pin's longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.