Patent ID: 8123748

Claim:
A process for reducing the toggle and/or misalignment of a fracture fixed with an intramedullary member which comprises forming an entry opening in the fractured bone in an end of the bone leading into the intramedullary canal, inserting a block through the entry opening into the intramedullary canal, positioning the block adjacent a proximal end of the intramedullary canal to reduce the diameter of the intramedullary canal adjacent the proximal end, and inserting an intramedullary member through the entry opening into the intramedullary canal to a position alongside said block such that the block extends around only a portion of a circumference of an outer surface of the intramedullary member, wherein the block is held in position adjacent the proximal end of the intramedullary canal as the intramedullary member is inserted into the intramedullary canal, and wherein at least a portion of the intramedullary member extends distally beyond the block towards a distal end of the intramedullary canal after insertion into the intramedullary canal.