Patent ID: 7892234

Claim:
An intramedullary nail comprising: a longitudinal nail body having a total length, a distal stem portion and a proximal portion, the distal stem portion having an outer diameter D and configured and dimensioned for insertion into a medullary canal of a bone, and the longitudinal nail body defining a central longitudinal axis coaxial with a line connecting a first center of gravity of a first transverse cross-section taken through the nail body orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis with a second center of gravity of a second transverse cross-section taken through the nail body orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis; and at least a first through-hole and a second through-hole formed in the distal stem portion transverse to the central longitudinal axis, the first through-hole having a radius R 1 and defining a first central hole axis transverse to the central longitudinal axis and the second through-hole having a radius R 2 and defining a second central hole axis transverse to the central longitudinal axis; wherein at least one of the first and second central holes axes is offset a distance d 1 >0 from the central longitudinal axis of the nail body, and (d 1 +R 1 )<(D/2).