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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Arrowhead Medical Device Technologies Llc, Collierville, TN (US);
Scott R. Roman, Hampton, GA (US);
Thomas J. Twardzik, Germantown, TN (US);
Arrowhead Medical Device Technologies, LLC, Collierville, TN (US);
Abstract
An intramedullary fixation device used in bone fixation and stabilization on a patient includes a longitudinally extending rigid body, a distal head disposed at a distal end of the body and sized for insertion into an intramedullary canal of a phalanx of the patient, the distal head having a central core portion and a plurality of extending distal wings radially projecting from the central core portion. A proximal head at a proximal end of the body is sized for insertion into an intramedullary canal of a phalanx of the patient. It has a central core portion and a plurality of proximal wings extending radially outwardly from the central core portion.