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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2018
Syntorr, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel L. Martin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeremi M. Leasure, San Francisco, CA (US);
SIMFIX SURGICAL INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for repairing bone fractures are described herein. A pin directing device for steering a flexible bone screw is disclosed. A fluted entry tool for penetrating into cancellous bone without penetrating the far cortex of the bone is disclosed. A flexible bone screw having a rotational position marker positioned thereon at a terminal twenty-five percent of the shaft is disclosed. A flexible bone screw comprising at least eighty percent cold work hardened alloy is disclosed. A pin bending clamp having a transverse hole in the jaws is disclosed. A flexible bone screw with a cortex climbing thread portion at the tip, which is helicoid, is also disclosed.