Patent ID: 9468478
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating a fracture in the proximal femur, said method comprising: providing an interlocking intramedullary rod assembly comprising: positioning said intramedullary rod in the intramedullary canal of the femur so that said distal section of said intramedullary rod resides within the shaft of the femur and said proximal section of said intramedullary rod resides within a proximal portion of the femur; inserting said proximal interlocking screw through the proximal portion of the femur, through said dynamic proximal seat and into the proximal portion of the femur, and inserting said distal interlocking screw through the shaft of the femur, through said static distal seat and into the shaft of the femur; and adjusting the disposition of said proximal interlocking screw within said dynamic proximal seat so as to at least partially reduce the fracture; further comprising a locking mechanism which restricts movement of said second end of said proximal interlocking screw to one-way movement relative to said intramedullary rod; wherein said one-way movement is distal movement relative to said intramedullary rod; wherein said distal movement of said second end of said proximal interlocking screw creates a one-way angular valgus collapse of the fracture.