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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Kohsuke Watanabe, Memphis, TN (US);
Henry B. Faber, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Kohsuke Watanabe, Memphis, TN (US);
Henry B. Faber, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61L 31/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61L 31/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
An orthopaedic implant includes a body being elongated in a longitudinal direction and having an outer wall, one or more openings through the outer wall, and a cannulation disposed along a length of the body and defined by the outer wall, the cannulation being non-uniform along the longitudinal direction, wherein the cannulation is configured such that a moment of inertia of the implant is substantially uniform along the longitudinal direction.