Patent ID: 8715325
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A bone joining device suitable for joining a first bone piece to a second bone piece, the device comprising: a first component comprising a first elongated stem portion comprising a first end, a first top opposite the first end, and an opening, the opening being a cylindrical cavity comprising a cylindrical wall, a closed distal end and an open proximal end, the first elongated stem portion configured for insertion into the first bone piece; and a second component comprising: wherein the connector comprises a ring formed around a distal end having a diameter larger than the diameter of the cylindrical cavity of the first component and a cross slit directed axially from the distal end toward the proximal end of the connector, thereby forming a spring collet, and wherein the cylindrical cavity of the first component comprises at least a first ring-shaped recess circumscribing the cylindrical wall near the distal end such that, when the connector of the second component inserted into the cylindrical cavity, the spring collet is compressed until the ring encounters the first recess, where the first recess accommodates a less compressed diameter of the ring and the spring collet transitions to a less compressed state.