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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Volker Bühren, Murnau, DE;
Ronald Prager, Bovenau, DE;
Inventors:
Volker Bühren, Murnau, DE;
Ronald Prager, Bovenau, DE;
Assignee:
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3764 (2016.02);
Abstract
Device and a method for positioning and monitoring the rotary orientation of extremity bone fragments when implanting an intramedullary implant, and in particular to a device and a method for monitoring the rotary orientation of extremity bone fragments of the leg when implanting an intramedullary nail by using a monitoring of locking means of the intramedullary nail which so as to improve the accuracy of the orientation of extremity bone fragments.