Patent ID: 8328807

Claim:
An intramedullary fixation device comprising: (a) a distal section having a reduced diameter arm on its upper end and an internal bore having a first section and a second section, the second section having a smaller diameter than the first section; (b) a proximal section having an internal bore in its rearward end, the bore having a threaded area and a non threaded area, the non threaded area being sized to slidingly receive the reduced diameter arm; (c) a connecting member for adjustably securing the distal and proximal sections end to end along a longitudinal axis, the forward end of the connecting member being threadably received in the threaded area of the proximal section internal bore, and the rearward end being sized to be received in the first section of the internal bore in the distal section; (d) means for securing the proximal section to a first bone; and (e) means for securing the distal section to a least one different bone, wherein the connecting member can provide compression across a bone arthrodesis site by rotating within the proximal and distal sections.