Patent ID: 7695471
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A fixation device for use of bone fixation, comprising: a nail member having a longitudinal nail length between two nail ends, the nail member having a nail center located at a center of the nail length between the two nail ends; and a fixation member formed as a part of the nail member and including the nail center, the fixation member being variable between a first shape and a second shape; wherein the nail member can freely move about a fractured bone portion when the fixation member is in the first shape, and wherein the fixation member can join to the fractured bone portion and be affixed thereonto for bone fixation in the second shape, whereby the fixation device is mountable to the fractured bone portion and prevented from moving in relation to the fractured bone portion, and wherein the fixation member expands longitudinally and transversely in the second shape.