Bolt for being driven into bone tissue

Details Bolt for being driven into bone tissue Bolt for being driven into bone tissue

1993-09-10

1995-02-07

Graysay, Tamara L.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

A61B 1758

Patent

active

053872142

ABSTRACT:
A combination of bone-fixing elements comprising an intramedullary nail having an aperture therein and a cooperating locking bolt, the locking bolt having a shank for extending into the aperture in the intramedullary nail, the locking bolt comprising a pin for enlarging a diameter of at least a part of the shank when the shank is present in the aperture, or the nail and the bolt comprising surfaces for preventing rotation of the bolt in the nail, in either case thereby to lock the bolt in the intramedullary nail and to lock the intramedullary nail in place in a bone when located therein.

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