Stryker Trauma Gmbh

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Anastopoulos, George

Giannoudis, Peter

George Anastopoulos

Christian Lutz

Bernd Robioneck

Peter Giannoudis

Paul Bernd Robioneck

The invention relates to a surgical implant (), and in particular, to a surgical implant for stabilizing a bone fracture (). The surgical implant () comprising a plate () and an elongate member () projecting from the plate (). The elongate member () is provided for insertion into a bone () and the plate () is provided for attachment to a surface of a bone (). Each of the elongate member () and the plate () are provided with at least one fastening region for fastening the surgical implant () to the bone ().

Surgical implant

An implantation system for a locking nail has an aiming device, wherein the locking nail is formed for detachable attachment to the aiming device at the one end thereof. The nail has two locking holes on the other end and has an exterior feature such as a groove connecting the locking holes which groove is parallel to the axis, or indentations or elevations running in the perimeter direction in the region of the locking holes. The aiming device has a rigid aiming arm with a free end portion having three aiming bores arranged in a plane generally parallel to the axis. The outer two of the aiming bores are located at a distance from each other which corresponds to the distance of the distal locking holes of the locking nail. The system further has a connecting piece universally movable on the aiming arm. The connecting piece has an accommodation aperture for selective detachable attachment to a rod-like nail adapter which, on its part, has a coupling for detachable attachment of the locking nail.

Implantation system and aiming device for the same

A locking nail for treating fractures of tubular bones has two parallel cross-bores that are axially spaced apart provided on the distal end of said nail and optionally at least one additional cross-bore is provided on the proximal end thereof for receiving bone screws. The nail includes a groove which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nail is formed into the outer side of the nail. The groove extends into the distal bores on both sides and merges into the bore. The longitudinal axis of the groove intersects the axis of each cross-bore.

Locking nail and aim-taking apparatus

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Athens, Greece

George Anastopoulos