Patent ID: 6558388
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Intramedullary nail comprisingan elongate body defining a cavity and having a securing head proximate one end of the body for a hammering-in and aiming device, at least one transverse bore adjoining at the securing head, and an entry tip at another end of the body, anchoring elements which can be extended radially in the vicinity of the entry tip, the anchoring elements being combined in a claw of curved wires, with the wires being elastically deformed inside the cavity in a not outwardly moved state and springing out radially when the claw is axially forwarded towards the tip so that the anchoring elements can assume their original curved shape, and guiding grooves at the inner side of the cavity which extend in the longitudinal direction and which in each case have a radial aperture in order to guide tips of the deformed wires up to their radial emergence.