Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intramedulary nail with recepatacle for receiving a tareting device for targeting a bone-anchor fixation hole
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Application No.: US16570299Application Date: 2019-09-13
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Publication No.: US11376024B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Nicholas Karg
- Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Current Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agent Wayne C. Jaeschke, Jr.
- Main IPC: A61B17/72
- IPC: A61B17/72 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
In one embodiment, an intramedullary nail has a proximal end and a distal end that are offset from one another along a distal direction. The nail has an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines a cannulation that extends into the proximal end towards the distal end. The nail defines a bone-anchor fixation hole that extends into the outer surface and entirely through the nail. The nail also defines a receptacle that is proximate to the bone-anchor fixation hole and open to the cannulation such that the receptacle is configured to receive a locator of a targeting system therein from the cannulation, where the locator includes at least one of a sensor and a field generator. The receptacle is at least partially defined by a stop that limits an insertion depth of the locator within the nail along the distal direction.
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