Patent ID: 8083783
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical fixation pin of flexible material for use in fractures in bones in arms or other body parts to provide support of a bone while the fracture heals, said pin comprising: an elongated body member having opposite ends, wherein a first, front intramedullary end section includes a unitary, angled front section, and at a second, rear extramedullary end section the pin has a double bent extracortical support section provided with an anchor eye in the form of a ring-shaped outer eye for receiving therein a first fixation screw, wherein the ring-shaped outer eye is located adjacent an outermost end of the second extramedullary end section of the pin, wherein the intramedullary end section and the extramedullary end section are substantially parallel in relation to each other, wherein both the angled front end section and the rear end section of the pin each extend within respective separate planes that are substantially perpendicular in relation to each other, wherein a center section of the pin is formed by an intermediate section that includes at the extramedullary end section of the center section of the pin an extension in the form of a shank that is substantially perpendicular relative to the intermediate section and to the double bent extracortical extramedullary section, wherein the double bent extracortical support extramedullary section is formed from an end section of the pin extending from the intermediate section and has two rear pin end sections lying adjacent to each other, wherein the front section is angled between 10°-30° relative to the elongated body member. wherein the front section is angularly positioned relative to a common plane defined bar double bent extracortical support section, and wherein the fixation pin is formed from wire.