Patent ID: 8372125

Claim:
A device for fixation of a bone fracture, which device comprises at least one appliance ( 1 ) for placing close to the bone fracture ( 3 a ) and fixing elements in the form of pins ( 2 ) which are intended to be locked to the appliance ( 1 ) in order to fix the bone fracture ( 3 a ), the appliance ( 1 ) including at least two predrilled holes ( 4 ) in a distal end portion ( 1 d ) of the appliance ( 1 ) and at least two predrilled holes ( 4 ) in a proximal end portion ( 1 e ) of the appliance ( 1 ) for insertion of the pins ( 2 ) through the holes ( 4 ) in the appliance ( 1 ), and the predrilled holes ( 4 ) being oblique relative to a longitudinal axis (A) of the appliance ( 1 ) such that, after placing the appliance ( 1 ) running in the longitudinal direction transversely across the bone fracture ( 3 a ), the pins ( 2 ) which are inserted through the holes ( 4 ) in the distal end portion ( 1 d ) of the appliance ( 1 ) are adapted to be driven into a bone fragment on a distal side of the bone fracture ( 3 a ), through the bone fracture ( 3 a ) and into a bone fragment on a proximal side of the bone fracture ( 3 a ), and such that the pins which are inserted through the holes ( 4 ) in the proximal end portion ( 1 e ) of the appliance ( 1 ) are adapted to be driven into the bone fragment on the proximal side of the bone fracture ( 3 a ), through the bone fracture ( 3 a ) and into the bone fragment on the distal side of the bone fracture ( 3 a ), and such that pins ( 2 ) inserted through holes in the distal end portion ( 1 d ) of the appliance cross pins ( 2 ) inserted through holes in the proximal end portion ( 1 e ) of the appliance, thereby forming a substantially quadrilateral figure transverse to the longitudinal direction of the pins ( 2 ).