Patent ID: 7780664

Claim:
An intramedullary nail system for use with a jig, comprising: an elongate nail including at least four threaded parallel screw holes in linear arrangement, said screw holes oriented normal to an endosteal surface of said nail, and a non-circular recess located at the upper portion of one of said threaded parallel screw holes of said linear arrangement, said recess for mating with a portion of the jig to lock the jig in a rotational orientation relative to said nail, said nail having a longitudinal axis defining the length of said nail and a center along said longitudinal axis which divides said nail into first and second portions each having a length equal to one-half the length of said nail, said first and second portions extending in opposite directions from each other relative to said center, wherein said first portion has lateral reflection symmetry about said longitudinal axis, said second portion has lateral reflection symmetry about said longitudinal axis, and said first and second portions have longitudinal reflection symmetry with each other about said center.