Patent ID: 8273091

Claim:
An alignment device for an intramedullary locking nail insertable in an intramedullary canal of a long bone, the alignment device comprising: a locating member including a handle portion connected to a plate-like head portion integrally formed with an elongated insertion member, the insertion member insertable into a proximal portion of the intramedullary canal to extend along a longitudinal axis prior to the insertion of the intramedullary locking nail; a targeting member movably coupled to the head portion of the locating member, the targeting member including a plurality of guiding portions, each guiding portion configured to receive one of a plurality of blocking fasteners along an implantation trajectory to guide the respective one of the plurality of blocking fasteners into the bone and around the intramedullary canal when the insertion member is inserted into the intramedullary canal, the implantation trajectory of each blocking fastener not intersecting the axis of the insertion member.