Patent ID: 7785326

Claim:
A system for securing an intramedullary rod adapted for positioning at a medullary canal of a human bone in an orthopedic procedure, the system comprising: an intramedullary rod; a screw having a screw body extending between distal and proximal ends thereof, the screw body comprising a shaft with at least one receiving bore extending through the shaft transversely to its longitudinal axis and an internal cavity extending from the proximal end of the body along the longitudinal axis and intersecting said at least one receiving bore, said at least one receiving bore being adapted to receive the intramedullary rod, an alignment jig operably associated with the screw and the intramedullary rod, the alignment jig comprises a base member with a first leg and a second leg extending from the first leg, the second leg being adapted for engaging the internal cavity of the screw at the proximal end of the body, the first leg being adapted to contact a bone structure and having an opening coincident with the at least one receiving bore of the screw to thereby align the intramedullary rod with the at least one receiving bore within a medullary canal of the bone structure; whereby in an assembled condition said at least one receiving transverse bore is adapted for positioning within the medullary canal so as to receive the intramedullary rod which passes through said canal in such a manner that longitudinal axes of the intramedullary rod, said at least one receiving bore and the opening of the first leg coincide.