US 2017/0319349 A1 · BONE FIXATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

Abstract

An implant including a first segment at a first end, a second segment at a second end, and an intermediate segment coupled to the first segment on a first end and coupled to the second segment on a second end. The first segment may include an insertion tip at the first end of the implant and a body portion adjacent to the insertion tip, the insertion tip extending out from the body portion. The second segment may include an end member at the second end of the implant and a body portion adjacent to the end member, the end member extending out from the body portion. The second segment may include a plurality of tip portions spaced about a longitudinal axis of the second segment, and the tip portions each including at least one barb formed by a taper portion and an engagement portion extending radially into the tip portion.

Claims23

Dependent claims

An implant, comprising:

a first segment at a first end;
a second segment at a second end;
and
an intermediate segment coupled to the first segment on a first end and coupled to the second segment on a second end.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/585,441Filed 3 May 2017

Priority

3 May 2016

Published

9 Nov 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A61F 2/4225
For wrists or ankles; for hands, e.g. fingers; for feet, e.g. toes: for feet, e.g. toes
A61B 17/7291
Intramedullary devices, e.g. pins or nails: for small bones, e.g. in the foot, ankle, hand or wrist
A61F 2/30771
Special external or bone-contacting surface, e.g. coating for improving bone ingrowth: applied in original prostheses, e.g. holes or grooves
A61F 2/42
Joints: for wrists or ankles; for hands, e.g. fingers; for feet, e.g. toes

Bone fixation device and method of use

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Bone fixation device and method of use

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Abstract

Claims23