Patent ID: 9572606
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An orthopedic device comprising: an intramedullary implant defining a longitudinal bore having a longitudinal bore axis passing from a first end to an opposed second end of the longitudinal bore; a movable member defining first, second, third, and fourth guiding bores for receiving a corresponding one of a first, second, third, and fourth bone fastener, wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth guiding bores comprises a first opening, an opposed second opening, and a guiding bore axis that is substantially perpendicular to both the first opening and the second opening, wherein the guiding bore axis of each of the first, second, third, and fourth guiding bores is uniquely three-dimensionally oriented with respect to the longitudinal bore axis, wherein the fourth guiding bore has an open perimeter, wherein the movable member is telescopically movable within the longitudinal bore about and between a first position that engages the first, second, third, and fourth bone fasteners with the intramedullary implant, and a second position that disengages the first, second, third, and fourth bone fasteners from the intramedullary implant; and a locking member threadably engageable with the longitudinal bore of the intramedullary implant and couplable to the movable member, wherein rotation of the locking member relative to the longitudinal bore of the intramedullary implant telescopically moves the movable member about and between the first position and the second position; wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth guiding bores include ridge formations formed along a portion of a circumference of an interior surface of each of the first, second, third, and fourth guiding bores, wherein the ridge formations are threadably engageable with a threaded portion of the corresponding one of the first, second, third, and fourth bone fasteners to enable removal of the first, second, third and fourth bone fasteners when the movable member is in the second position.