Expanding intramedullary nail

An intramedullary nail for the fixation of bone fractures is formed of two slidably engaging elongate members. One of the members includes an articulated channel which serves to bend the other member to form an expanding end region within the bone cavity to achieve fixation therein.
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Abstract/Description: An intramedullary nail for the fixation of bone fractures is formed of two slidably engaging elongate members. One of the members includes an articulated channel which serves to bend the other member to form an expanding end region within the bone cavity to achieve fixation therein.
Subject(s): 606/68
Date Issued: 1989-08-08
Title: Expanding intramedullary nail.
Name(s): The University of Toledo, assignee
Raftopoulos, Demetrios D., inventor
Baril, James D., inventor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: patent
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Other Date: Date Filed: 1988-04-13
Date Issued: 1989-08-08
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 6 p.
Abstract/Description: An intramedullary nail for the fixation of bone fractures is formed of two slidably engaging elongate members. One of the members includes an articulated channel which serves to bend the other member to form an expanding end region within the bone cavity to achieve fixation therein.
Identifier(s): utpatents-US4854312 (IID)
Patent No.: US4854312 (patno)
Appl. No.: 07/181117 (appno)
Subject(s): 606/68
Held by: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility
Location: University of Toledo Digital Repository
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
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