Patent ID: 8790343

Claim:
An intramedullary rod for use with first and second fasteners to repair a bone in a mammalian body comprising an elongate nail having a head at a proximal portion and a stem extending to a distal portion, the head extending along a central longitudinal axis and being provided with a first aperture extending along a first axis and adapted to receive the first fastener and being provided with a second aperture extending along a second axis and adapted to receive the second fastener, and a mechanism carried by the head and including a sleeve disposed entirely within the head and slidable along the central longitudinal axis and having an opening extending therethrough transverse to the central longitudinal axis for receiving the first fastener and for pivoting the first fastener from a first angled position relative to the head to a second angled position relative to the head, the second fastener being nonpivotably disposed relative to the longitudinal axis and the second axis being inclined proximally towards the first aperture so as to be capable of intersecting the first axis and permitting the second fastener to support the first fastener.