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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2013
Sonoma Orthopedic Products, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Heber Saravia, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Brian A. Hauck, Windsor, CA (US);
Trung Pham, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Charles L. Nelson, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Arthur E. Anderson, III, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William W. Bowen, Willits, CA (US);
Stephen R. McDaniel, Bodega Bay, CA (US);
Sonoma Orthopedic Products, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
Bone fixation methods and devices with an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and having a flexible state and a rigid state, a plurality of grippers, a rigid hub connected to the elongated body, and an actuator operably connected to the grippers to deploy the grippers from a first shape to an expanded second shape. One method can include inserting a bone fixation device into an intramedullary space of the bone to place at least a portion of an elongate body of the fixation device in a flexible state on one side of the fracture and at least a portion of a rigid hub on another side of the fracture, and operating an actuator to deploy a plurality of grippers of the fixation device to engage an inner surface of the intramedullary space to anchor the fixation device to the bone.