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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Glw, Inc., Waxhaw, NC (US);
Inventors:
Rachael Alia Mesibov, Tappan, NY (US);
Thomas Hoon Lee, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
GLW, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various bone fixation wires and methods of making bone fixation wires are described. A bone fixation wire includes an elongate member defining an outer wall, a retaining member disposed on the outer wall between the elongate member first end and the geometric midpoint of the axial length of the elongate member on the lengthwise axis, and a stopping member disposed on the elongate member and contacting the retaining member. The elongate member comprises a first material and the stopping member comprises a second material that is different from the first material.