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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd Robioneck, Preetz, DE;
Giuseppe Varlaro, Pordenone, IT;
Assignee:
Howmedica GmbH, Schonkirchen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 54 ; 606 59 ; 606 68 ; 606 63 ;
Abstract
A device for stabilizing a long bone combines an external fixator with a locking nail implanted in the medullary canal of a long bone. The external fixator has fixed bone pins at each of its ends and movable bone pins intermediate its ends. The fixed bone pins extend through transverse bores at each end of the bone nail and the movable pins extends through a slot in the bone nail intermediate its ends. By this method a fracture can be compressed and stabilized while healing.