Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intramedullary nail with oblique openings
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Application No.: US14223546Application Date: 2014-03-24
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Publication No.: US10010355B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Timothy J Czartoski , Dale G Davison , William Muhammad , Jack Dean Cole , Berton R Moed , J. Tracy Watson , Michael Karl-Heinz Wich
- Applicant: Biomet C.V.
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Biomet C.V.
- Current Assignee: Biomet C.V.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61F2/30
- IPC: A61F2/30 ; A61B17/72

Abstract:
An intramedullary nail for use in a medullary canal of a long bone. The nail includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and an external periphery for fitting in the medullary canal of the long bone. The body has a first internal wall thereof defining a first opening through the body, defining a first opening centerline. The body has a second internal wall defining a second opening through the body, defining a second opening centerline. The first opening centerline and the second opening centerline are oblique with respect to each other. The longitudinal axis of the body and the first opening centerline form an acute angle between the longitudinal axis of the body and the first opening centerline. The longitudinal axis of the body and the second opening centerline forming an acute angle between the longitudinal axis of the body and the second opening centerline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140288559A1 Intramedullary Nail With Oblique Openings Public/Granted day:2014-09-25
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