Patent ID: 9545274
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An intramedullary implant comprising: a body from each opposite end of which project a respective pair of beams arranged about a longitudinal axis of said body, each beam in each respective pair of beams being fixed to said body and having a coupling latch with a bore so that the coupling latch of one of said beams of each respective pair of beams may be releasably coupled to the other beam of the respective pair of beams by a removable coupling rod such that each beam of each respective pair of beams is movable between (i) a coupled and biased position wherein said coupling rod is located in each bore of each latch so that said implant may be inserted into a respective bone and (ii) an uncoupled position for internally gripping the respective bone, the beams of each respective pair of beams in the uncoupled position diverging away from said longitudinal axis of said body, wherein an outer surface of each beam of each respective pair of beams is adapted to form a compressive engagement with the respective bone when disposed in said uncoupled position.