Patent ID: 9629671
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An intramedullary fixation device used in bone fixation and stabilization, comprising: an arrowhead-shaped distal head comprising a distal end having a tip, the distal head having first, second, third, and fourth outwardly facing side surfaces forming a pyramidal shape, the first and third side surfaces being opposed from each other and forming a first angle, and the second and fourth side surfaces being opposed from each other and forming a second angle, the second angle being different than the first angle, each of the first and third side surfaces having a proximal edge configured to engage tissue and inhibit rotational movement and inhibit axial movement of the distal head in a proximal direction, the distal head being sized to fit within an intramedullary canal of a more-distal phalanx portion of one of a finger and a toe;