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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Adrian Baumgartner, Oberdorf, CH;
Inventor:
Adrian Baumgartner, Oberdorf, CH;
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1707 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/1717 (2013.01); A61B 17/1725 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device is for aligning an aiming hole of an aiming device with a locking hole of an intramedullary nail. The device includes a sensing unit sized and shaped for insertion through an aiming hole of an aiming device attachable to an intramedullary nail. The sensing unit detects a magnetic field produced by a magnet and outputs an alignment signal based on a magnetic field parameter at first and second locations relative to the magnet.