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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Michael J. Voor, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventor:
Michael J. Voor, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/74 (2013.01); A61B 17/742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for preventing a hip fracture includes: a shaft having a first end and a second end and an expanding means for engaging the femoral head at the first end. The shaft is positioned in a hole of a predetermined depth in a femur. The hole extends from the greater trochanter to the femoral head of the femur, such that the first end is positioned in the femoral head and the second end is positioned in the greater trochanter. The device is oriented substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the femoral shaft.