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Patent No.:

US 9456875 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2010

Devices and methods for monitoring the rotational orientation of bone fragments

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);

Attorney:

Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sameh Boles

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bühren, Volker. (2016). Devices and methods for monitoring the rotational orientation of bone fragments (U.S. Patent No. 9456875). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9456875

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