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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Device for osteosyntheses or arthrodeses of two- bone parts, in particular of the hand and / or foot
Memometal Technologies, Bruz, FR;
Marc Augoyard, Tassin La Demi Lune, FR;
Jacques Peyrot, Tassin La Demi Lune, FR;
Tristan Meusnier, Saint-Etienne, FR;
Bernard Prandi, Rennes, FR;
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment the present invention is an implant suitable for implantation in bone, comprising a median zone extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the first end having a face extending generally perpendicular to the axis to form an abutment having a width; and a first fixation zone extending from the first end and the abutment, the first fixation zone including a pair of tabs formed of shape-memory material extending from a base portion of the tabs adjacent the abutment such that the abutment extends further from the axis in a radial direction than the base portion of the tabs, wherein the pair of tabs are separable from one another by shape-memory action at body temperature.