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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2009
Timothy J. Czartoski, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Dale G. Davison, Akron, OH (US);
William Muhammad, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Jack Dean Cole, Orlando, FL (US);
Berton R. Moed, St. Louis, MO (US);
Tracy J. Watson, Town & Country, MO (US);
Michael Karl-heinz Wich, Berlin, DE;
Timothy J. Czartoski, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Dale G. Davison, Akron, OH (US);
William Muhammad, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Jack Dean Cole, Orlando, FL (US);
Berton R. Moed, St. Louis, MO (US);
Tracy J. Watson, Town & Country, MO (US);
Michael Karl-Heinz Wich, Berlin, DE;
Biomet C.V., Gibraltar, GI;
Abstract
An intramedullary nail for use in a medullary canal of a long bone is provided. The nail includes a body defining a longitudinal axis of the body and an external periphery of the body for fitting in the medullary canal of the long bone. The body has a first internal wall thereof defining a first opening through the body. The first opening defines a first opening centerline. The body has a second internal wall of the body defining a second opening through the body. The second opening defines a second opening centerline. The first opening centerline and the second opening centerline are oblique with respect to each other. The longitudinal axis of the body and the first opening centerline form an acute angle between the longitudinal axis of the body and the first opening centerline. The longitudinal axis of the body and the second opening centerline forming an acute angle between the longitudinal axis of the body and the second opening centerline.