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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2012
Applicants:
Robert Frigg, Bettlach, CH;
Marcel Fuhrer, Deitingen, CH;
Inventors:
Robert Frigg, Bettlach, CH;
Marcel Fuhrer, Deitingen, CH;
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7258 (2013.01);
Abstract
The intramedullary nail has a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, a distal end, at least one hole that extends transversely to the longitudinal axis and is situated in a plane with a defined diameter to accommodate a locking element, as well as a longitudinal slot extending in the plane parallel to the longitudinal axis. In the unexpanded state of the intramedullary nail the longitudinal slot has a width b, measured perpendicularly to the plane in the region outside of the holes, said slot being maximum 0.6 times that of the smallest defined diameter of the holes.