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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2000
Reto Frei, Davos Platz, CH;
Markus Hehli, Davos Frauenkirch, CH;
Georg Duda, Berlin, DE;
Depuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A guide body is designed to receive longitudinal fixation elements such as wires nails, pegs or screws which are to be anchored within bone. The guide body includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a number of openings connecting the top surface with the bottom surface. The central axes of at least two of the openings are transverse to each other. The guide body permits the insertion of fixation elements at various angles with respect to each other. The guide body may prevent fixation elements which extend into the intramedullary region or the spongiosa from being displaced either in the proximal or in the distal direction.