Patent ID: 8414582
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treating a bone, comprising: an implant to be received within an interior of a bone, the implant including a plurality of cross bores extending therethrough and a cavity extending within the implant along at least a portion of a length thereof, each of the cross bores extending through the cavity and being dimensioned to receive therethrough a bone fixation element; a plurality of inserts slidably received in the cavity, each insert including an insert opening extending therethrough, the inserts being aligned within the cavity so that each insert opening aligns with a corresponding one of the cross bores, each insert being movable radially between a resting configuration in which a width of its insert opening is smaller than a width of a bone fixation element to be inserted through the corresponding cross bore and a stressed configuration in which the width of the insert opening is expanded to a width greater than that of the bone fixation element to be inserted through the corresponding cross bore; and a compression member movable into the cavity to apply a force to the inserts moving the inserts from the resting configuration to the stressed configuration, withdrawal of the compression member to reduce the force applied to the inserts permitting the inserts to return to resting configuration.