Intramedullary arthrodesis nail and method of use

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A61B 17/56 (2006.01) A61B 17/68 (2006.01) A61B 17/72 (2006.01) A61B 17/86 (2006.01) A61F 2/30 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2737104

A device is provided including a distal nail portion and a proximal nail portion that can be connected to each other to attain a rigid configuration. The device is to be placed internally within the medullary cavities of at least two bones forming a joint to accomplish arthrodesis of the joint. The device is placed intramedullarily in order to minimize incision size, excessive bone resection and post-operative tendon damage and tenderness. Additionally, one particular method for using the device is provided that includes placing and affixing the distal nail in a bone of a joint, placing the proximal nail in another bone of a joint, connecting the distal nail to the proximal nail, doing the desired geometrical adjustments, affixing the proximal nail to the distal nail by tightening the connection and affixing the proximal nail to the other bone of the joint to attain a rigid configuration.

L'invention concerne un dispositif comprenant une partie de clou distale et une partie de clou proximale qui peuvent être reliées l'une à l'autre pour former une configuration rigide. Le dispositif doit être placé de façon interne au sein des cavités médullaires d'au moins deux os qui forment une articulation de manière à réaliser une arthrodèse de l'articulation. Le dispositif est placé de façon intramédullaire dans le but de minimiser la taille de l'incision, une résection excessive des os et un endommagement post-opératoire des tendons et un endolorissement. L'invention concerne en outre un procédé particulier pour utiliser le dispositif, qui comprend la mise en place et la fixation du clou distal dans un os d'une articulation, la mise en place du clou proximal dans un autre os d'une articulation, l'assemblage du clou distal au clou proximal, la réalisation des réglages géométriques souhaités, la fixation du clou proximal au clou distal par serrage de l'assemblage et la fixation du clou proximal à l'autre os de l'articulation pour obtenir la configuration rigide.

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