US 9,056,014 B2 · Device and method for fixation for bone or soft tissue deformity of digits

Abstract

A fixation device comprises a first clamping member having an adjustable clamping collar and a first curved support portion attached to the adjustable clamping collar. The first clamping member is adapted to receive a digit. The first curved support portion is adapted to support an inferior surface of a proximal phalanx of the digit. A distal member is adjustably attachable to the first clamping member. The distal member has a second curved support surface adapted to support an inferior surface of a distal phalanx of the digit and a curved distal end adapted to apply a compressive force in a proximal direction to a distal end of the distal phalanx.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A bone implant comprising:

a helical threaded member having first and second ends and a longitudinal central opening extending from the first end to the second end, the longitudinal central opening having a longitudinal axis, wherein the helical threaded member has a cork-screw shape without a central cylindrical wall;
and
at least one blade integrally attached to the first end of the helical threaded member, the blade extending in a radial direction away from the longitudinal axis, the blade having an outer edge with a plurality of teeth thereon.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/828,593Filed 14 Mar 2013 · us provisional application

Priority

27 Dec 2012

Published

US 2014/0188237 A13 Jul 2014

Granted

16 Jun 2015

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A61F 5/019
Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or…
A61B 17/66
For external osteosynthesis, e.g. distractors, contractors: alignment, compression or distraction mechanisms
A61B 17/7233
Intramedullary devices, e.g. pins or nails: with special means of locking the nail to the bone
A61B 17/7291
Intramedullary devices, e.g. pins or nails: for small bones, e.g. in the foot, ankle, hand or wrist

Device and method for fixation for bone or soft tissue deformity of digits

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Device and method for fixation for bone or soft tissue deformity of digits

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Abstract

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