Sonoma Orthopedic Products, Inc.

Thomas R Hackett

Lonnie E Paulos

Stephen Riddle McDaniel

Charles L Nelson

Trung Ho Pham

Nathan K Brown

Matthew T Provencher

Heber Saravia

Robert G Coleman

Tyler J Zajac

Thomas J Zajac

Jason Phelps

Systems and methods for holding and orienting cadaver specimens for education, training, investigation, research and/or other activities.

Systems for holding and orienting cadaver specimens and methods of using the same

A bone fixation device is provided with an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and having a first state in which at least a portion of the body is flexible and a second state in which the body is generally rigid, an actuateable gripper disposed at a distal location on the elongated body, and an actuator operably connected to the gripper to deploy the gripper from a retracted configuration to an expanded configuration. Methods of repairing a fracture of a bone are also disclosed. One such method comprises inserting a bone fixation device into an intramedullary space of the bone to place at least a portion of an elongate body of the fixation device in a flexible state on one side of the fracture and at least a portion of a hub on another side of the fracture, and operating an actuator to deploy at least one gripper of the fixation device to engage an inner surface of the intramedullary space to anchor the fixation device to the bone.

Fracture fixation device, tools and methods

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Vail, CO, United States of America

Thomas R Hackett