Patent ID: 8398637

Claim:
A pelvic fracture stabilization device for orthopedic stabilization of a fracture or fractures in a human pelvis and that is implantable beneath a patient's skin and above the patient's muscle or below the patient's muscle against a surface of the patient's bone, the device comprising: a first implant member adapted so as to facilitate subcutaneous and supramuscular or submuscular insertion and advancement of the first implant member and positioning adjacent to a right hemipelvis of a human pelvic bone, the first implant member further having a length so as to span from a location along a right iliac bone to a pubic symphysis of a human pelvic bone and a curvature so as to generally follow a curvature of an adjacent right iliac bone; and a second implant member initially separate and detached from the first implant member and adapted so as to facilitate subcutaneous and supramuscular or submuscular insertion and advancement of the second implant member and positioning adjacent to a left hemipelvis of a human pelvic bone independent of insertion and advancement of the first implant member, the second implant member further having a length so as to span from a location along a left iliac bone to a pubic symphysis of a human pelvic bone and a curvature so as to generally follow a curvature of an adjacent left iliac bone; one or more holes in a first proximal end of the first implant member for use in rigidly attaching the first proximal end of the first implant member at a location along a right iliac bone of a right hemipelvis; one or more holes in a second proximal end of the second implant member for use in rigidly attaching the second proximal end of the second implant member at a location along a left iliac bone of a left hemipelvis; and a clamp for rigidly connecting a first medial end of the first implant member with a second medial end of the second implant member at a pubic symphysis after independent insertion and advancement of the first and second implant members so that the first and second implant members maintain a curvature and relative structural positioning so as to stabilize a human pelvis when in use and so that a first end of the clamp is secured to the first medial end of the first implant member and a second end of the clamp is secured to the second medial end of the second implant member in order that the first and second medial ends are spaced apart, substantially parallel, and extend in opposing directions.