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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1999
Rudolf Stoffella, Vienna, AU;
Waldemar Link (GmbH & Co.), Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An implant for fixing bone fragments after an osteotomy, especially for treating the misalignments of a metatarasal bone, includes a clasp with two arms and a screw. The arms are connected to each other at one end so that they form a screw eyelet adapted to receive the screw. The arms are configured to be introduced into the medullary cavity of a first bone fragment, and the screw is configured to be inserted a second bone fragment. The clasp is made of an elastic material, so that in a relaxed state the distance between the arms increases toward their free ends. The clasp is configured for being introduced into the medullary cavity of the bone fragment in a compressed state, so that after insertion the arms spread open and secure the clasp in that bone fragment.