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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Scott Logan, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Kirby Hitt, Temple, TX (US);
Assignee:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/92 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7208 (2013.01); A61B 17/921 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.