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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
David Machamer, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Jonan Philip, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
An intramedullary nail includes one or more nail openings extending therethrough. The intramedullary nail is implantable within a medullary canal of the bone. A bone plate is configured to engage an outer surface of the bone. The bone plate includes one or more plate openings extending therethrough. The plate openings are spaced about the bone plate such that the bone plate is positionable to axially align the plate openings with the nail openings when the intramedullary nail is implanted within the medullary canal of the bone. An aiming guide includes one or more targeting openings. The targeting openings are spaced about the aiming guide such that the aiming guide is positionable to axially align the targeting openings with the plate openings and the nail openings for extending one or more stabilizing fasteners therethrough when the intramedullary nail is implanted within the medullary canal of the bone.