Patent ID: 6579294
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A locking nail comprising a longitudinally extending shank with first and second ends, at least one cross-bore close to one end and at least one cross-bore close to the other end each for receiving a bone screw, wherein one cross-bore at one end is of an elongate shape in the longitudinal direction of the nail, a first female thread formed inside a hollow shank portion having the elongate cross-bore, and a locking member with a male-threaded portion which is adapted to be screwed into the first female thread and interacts with a first bone screw associated with said elongate cross-bore in order to displace it transversely to a longitudinal axis of said bone screw in the cross-bore, a second cross-bore for receiving a second bone screw is provided between the elongate cross-bore and the adjacent end of the shank, and that the arrangement of the first female thread, a length of the locking member and the location of the second cross-bore are sized such that the locking member does not block the second bore even if the first bone screw which is in the elongate cross-bore bears against an end of the elongate cross-bore nearest the shank end.