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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Timothy M. Elghazaly, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Timothy M. Elghazaly, Piscataway, NJ (US);
EBI, LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
An alignment device for an intramedullary locking nail insertable in an intramedullary canal of a long bone. The alignment device includes a locating member having a handle portion connected to an elongated insertion member, and a targeting member movably coupled to the locating member. The insertion member can be inserted in a proximal portion of the intramedullary canal. The targeting member includes a plurality of guiding portions. Each guiding portion is configured to receive one of a plurality of blocking fasteners along an implantation trajectory and into the bone and around the intramedullary canal when the insertion member is inserted into the intramedullary canal. The implantation trajectory of each blocking fastener does not intersect the insertion member.
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