Patent ID: 8518040

Claim:
An intramedullary nail, comprising: a longitudinal nail body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a central longitudinal axis and a diameter D, the nail body being configured for insertion into a medullary cavity of a bone, the nail body having a proximal portion and a distal portion longitudinally separated from one another; a first transverse hole extending through the distal portion of the nail body at an angle transverse to the central longitudinal axis and defining a first transverse hole axis, the first transverse hole axis being offset from the central longitudinal axis of the nail body by a distance d 1 >0 such that the first transverse hole axis does not intersect the central longitudinal axis; and a second transverse hole extending through the distal portion of the nail body at an angle transverse to the central longitudinal axis and defining a second transverse hole axis; wherein the first transverse hole axis intersects the second transverse hole axis.