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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Bartsch, Baar, CH;
Maja Bürgi, Pfyn, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd., Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
Abstract
With the invention a intramedullary nail preferably for the humerus is shown which comprises a securing head for a hammering-in and aiming device, with the intramedullary nail having at least one transverse bore ( ) adjoining at the securing head ( ), and which comprises an entry tip in the vicinity of which anchoring elements can be extended radially. The anchoring elements are combined in a claw ( ) of curved wires ( ), with the wires being elastically deformed inside the intramedullary nail in a not outwardly moved state and springing out radially with an axial forwarding of the claw and assuming their original curved shape.