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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Uwe Ahrens, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
AAP GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606101 ; 606 62 ; 606 64 ; 606 66 ;
Abstract
A marrow nail engagable with a plurality of screws for securing the nail in a bone of a patient. The marrow nail includes a plurality of recesses defined proximate one end of an elongated rod. Each of the plural recesses is formed as a notch and is operably engagable with a respective one of the plural screws. A holding arrangement is disposed at the other end of the marrow nail rod and is implemented as a threaded assembly for facilitating movement of the marrow nail in the patient.