Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1997-12-17
1999-08-10
Hirsch, Paul J.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 64, 606 69, A61B 1756
Patent
active
059351276
ABSTRACT:
A method of treating a fracture in a long bone comprises the initial step of providing an implant that includes one of a bone plate or an intramedullary nail having a length sized to span the fracture. The implant has at least one opening therethrough that is positioned at a location along its length, and has an amount of resorbable material at least partially filling the at least one opening. The implant is positioned at an implantation site spanning the fracture. A first bore is drilled into the long bone and through the resorbable material along a drill axis. A fastener is then inserted into the long bone through the at least one opening.
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Hirsch Paul J.
McNeil Michael B.
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