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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5116336 | Osteosynthetic anchor bolt An osteosynthetic anchor bolt has a shaft which has at its front end an external thread having a major diameter greater than the diameter of the shaft and at the rear an internally threaded socket to accept a compression screw. The profile of the external... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5098433 | Winged compression bolt orthopedic fastener A winged compression bolt for repairing or fusing bone which is implanted and later removed from bone through a single skin incision. The device includes a central elongated shaft which movably sits in an outer cylindrical tube and supports adjacent one o... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5057103 | Compressive intramedullary nail A nail is inserted into the medullary canal of a fractured bone to fixate the bone segments in order to promote healing. The nail provides compressive force to close the fracture and further promote healing. The nail has an outer member and an inner membe... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4854312 | 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 ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4632101 | Orthopedic fastener An orthopedic implant device is provided for bringing portions of a fractured bone into proper alignment and abutment. The device is an elongate generally cylindrical unit surgically implanted within living bone with a fractured portion and includes a plu... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4561432 | Fractured femur fixation system Apparatus in the form of a system for fixing fractures of the femur which includes a nail to be inserted in the proximal extremity of the femur. The fore end of the nail includes a plurality of prongs which tend to spread apart as the nail is inserted. A ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4498468 | Bone fixation driving instrument The present invention relates to a driving instrument for driving a spike for thigh-bone necks, for fixing bone fragments (35, 36) at bone fractures, preferably fractures of the thigh-bone neck, whereby the fixing instrument (1) comprises a sleeve (2), a ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4409974 | Bone-fixating surgical implant device A surgical implant for the fixation of bone portions and methods for using the same to reduce bone fractures with or without the use of bone fixating plates and in a variety of surgical procedures where rigid fixation of bones or bone portions even under ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4379451 | Intramedullary hip pin and cortical plate To receive the weight of the body from the pelvis and distribute it evenly to the shaft of a fractured femur while bracing the fractured femur, an intramedullary hip pin engages a plate secured to the lateral cortex of the shaft. The hip pin has an enlarg... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4236512 | Connector for fractured bones A connector for treatment of a fractured femur neck consists of an intramedullary nail to be inserted into the bone cavity through a bore made in the trochanter region. The leading or front end of the nail is provided with an expandable portion that can b... | 12/02/1980 |
