Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1994-10-31
1996-08-27
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 62, A61B 1772
Patent
active
055496105
ABSTRACT:
An intramedullary femoral rod provides a hollow rod body with five openings including a first group of three openings and a second group of two openings spaced at 180.degree. from the first opening. The five openings define three passageways including two upwardly oblique passageways for femoral repairs or one downwardly oblique passageway for recon repairs.
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Pepper John R.
Russell Thomas A.
Markow Scott B.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.
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