Patent ID: 8540715

Claim:
A locking rod fusion device, comprising: a vertical rod; an oblique rod having a posterior end and an anterior tip, the posterior end attached to the vertical rod, the oblique rod slanting downward slightly from the posterior end to the anterior tip to establish a slightly obtuse angle between the vertical rod and the oblique rod such that when the vertical rod is inserted through a plantar foot, the oblique rod is aligned for insertion through the medial column; a locking plate implant lockingly attached to the vertical rod and the oblique rod, the locking plate implant shaped to fit against an ankle bone, the locking plate implant including a plurality of apertures aligned with the vertical rod, the oblique rod and bones in the foot when fit against the ankle bone; a first connecting rod directly attached to the locking plate implant and the vertical rod, the locking plate implant and the vertical rod having a locked engagement therebetween from the direct attachment of said first connecting rod to the locking plate implant and the vertical rod; and a second connecting rod directly attached to the locking plate implant and the oblique rod, the locking plate implant and the oblique rod having a locked engagement therebetween from the direct attachment of said second connecting rod to the locking plate implant and the oblique rod.