Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1994-07-15
1996-02-06
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 64, A61B 1772
Patent
active
054892848
ABSTRACT:
A modular intramedullary nail includes three connectable sections that are connectable end to end. The three sections include an upper proximal nail component having an open ended bore. The second section is a central nail section that is an elongated curved nail component having an open ended longitudinal bore. The third section is a lower distal nail component having an elongated open ended longitudinal bore. The nail components are connected and the end using corresponding conical socket and conical projecting end portions of adjoining end nail components that can be fitted together and secured upon impact. Upon assembly, the connections are self orienting, providing corresponding tooled "flat" portions adjacent the respective conical socket and conical projecting end portions of the nail components. This interlocking tooled flats align and abut upon assembly so that the adjoining nail components only align in one relative rotational position. The assembled nail thus provides an elongated continuous open ended bore that receives a cannulated fastener. The fastener extends the full length of the longitudinal bore of the assembled three nail sections. An upper enlarged head portion of the cannulated fastener grips the proximal nail component. The distal end portion of the cannulated fastener has external threads which engage corresponding internal threads within the bore of the distal nail component.
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James Anthony
Lee Harry
Pepper John R.
Russell Thomas A.
Markow Scott B.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.
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