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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Alisha Bergin, Southaven, MS (US);
David C. Kelman, Collierville, TN (US);
Richard D. Lambert, Germantown, TN (US);
Inventors:
Alisha Bergin, Southaven, MS (US);
David C. Kelman, Collierville, TN (US);
Richard D. Lambert, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An intramedullary stem that provides enhanced distal fixation and flexibility and methods for implanting the stem. Certain embodiments of the stem have primary and secondary flutes (or ridges or wedges). Other embodiments have transitional regions.