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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Matthew V. Leyden, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew S. Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Daniel S. Horwitz, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
George J. Haidukewych, Tampa, FL (US);
David A. Hawkes, Layton, UT (US);
Marc E. Ruhling, Goshen, IN (US);
Matthew V. Leyden, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew S. Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Daniel S. Horwitz, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
George J. Haidukewych, Tampa, FL (US);
David A. Hawkes, Layton, UT (US);
Marc E. Ruhling, Goshen, IN (US);
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A hip screw assembly for fixation of a fractured femur is provided. The hip screw assembly includes a screw for engagement with the femur. The hip screw assembly also includes a barrel defining a cavity in the barrel. The barrel is fixedly secured to the plate. The screw including a portion thereof fitted in the cavity of the barrel. The hip screw assembly also includes a stop positionable in the barrel. The stop provides a limit on the movement of said screw in said barrel. The screw and the barrel have a first arrangement between each other in which the screw slides in the cavity of said barrel a first selectable predetermined distance and a second arrangement in which the screw slides a second selectable predetermined distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance.