Medullary canal plug

Details Medullary canal plug Medullary canal plug

1979-11-19

1981-07-07

Crowder, Clifford D.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128 92C, A61F 100

Patent

active

042766591

ABSTRACT:
A medullary canal plug for use for example, when inserting the stem of a bone joint replacement into a bone canal. The plug comprising a substantially hemispherical center and a plurality of individual leaves radiating from the flat face of the center with the adjacent edges of the leaves angularly inclined relative to the faces to facilitate the partial overlapping of the leaves, when moved from a planar disposition to a frusto conical position during insertion into the bone canal.

REFERENCES:
"Silastic Brand Intramedullary Implant (Swanson Design)"-pamphlet by Dow Corning Corp., Medical Products Division, Midland, Mich., Jan. 1969, pp. 1-9.

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