Osteosynthesis device

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1993-08-25

1995-08-01

Graysay, Tamara L.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 65, 606 66, A61B 1784, A61B 1786

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054376742

ABSTRACT:
A device for the holding and compression of the fragments of a fractured bone, the device including a screw whose tip is pyramidal or conical and whose body is provided, at a distal end thereof, with an outside thread, wherein the head of the screw has a plurality of foldable small wings integral with the body and wherein the screw has a device for folding the small wings. The device is useful particularly for fractures of the scaphoid, of the medial malleolus, Garden fractures 1 and 2 of the neck of the femur, pertrochanterian fractures of the femur, and generally, for fractures of small bones, and for putting in place hip or shoulder stops.

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