Humeral nail
AssigneeStryker Trauma GmbH
InventorsCarl Ekholm, Anders Jonsson, Nils Zander
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Abstract
A humeral nail for the surgical care of fractures of the proximal humerus, with a shaft which has a longitudinal axis and is provided in a proximal portion with at least transverse bores spaced apart in the axial direction. The axis of the three bores are circumferentially offset in respect to each other in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The nail is provided with at least two additional transverse bores in a portion located towards the distal end of the nail, the proximal transverse bore running diagonally to the longitudinal axis and being located in the same plane as is the axis of the additional transverse bores.
Claims20
A humeral nail for the proximal humerus comprising a solid shaft having a longitudinal axis and having a proximal portion with at least three axially threaded transverse bores spaced alone the longitudinal shaft axis, each bore having an axis, which axes are circumferentially angularly offset from each other about the longitudinal shaft axis, at least two of the proximal transverse bores extend at a non-perpendicular proximal-distal angle to the longitudinal axis of each shaft and at least one bore extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.
A nail for insertion into a long bone having first and second ends with a longitudinal axis extending between said first and second ends comprising:
- a solid shaft, and
- at least three threaded cross-bores located along the longitudinal nail axis adjacent said first end, each of said cross-bores having a bore axis oriented at a different circumferential angle with respect to said longitudinal axis and at least two of said cross-bores having a bore axis oriented at non-perpendicular angles with respect to said longitudinal nail axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.