Patent ID: 6562042
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An orthopedic implant comprising:a) a hip screw including a first section which includes a means for securing said hip screw into the head of a femur and a second section, said second section including a barrel portion, said barrel portion having a hollow core extending along the longitudinal axis of the hip screw and including a pair of opposed slots in the barrel portion extending along a portion of the longitudinal axis of the barrel portion; b) a gliding mechanism adapted to provide a slidable fit within said hollow core along the longitudinal axis of said hip screw and further including a throughhole therethrough generally transverse of the longitudinal axis of the hip screw, said throughhole adapted to receive an intramedullary nail, said throughhole aligning with said pair of opposed slots; c) an intramedullary nail having a longitudinal axis generally transverse of the longitudinal axis of the hip screw, said intramedullary nail extending through said pair of opposed slots in said barrel portion and through said throughhole in said gliding mechanism; and d) a means for preventing relative motion of said gliding mechanism with said intramedullary nail after said intramedullary nail has been inserted through said throughhole in said gliding mechanism.