Patent ID: 8840612

Claim:
An intraosseous device for stabilizing and structurally supporting a bone having a bone fracture, said device comprising: an elongated tube having a wall and defining an axis and having a proximal portion with an axially aligned slot formed through the wall and a distal portion with an axially aligned slot formed through the wall; a hollow, central member positioned inside said tube and affixed to the tube wall; a hollow distal member positioned in said tube for axial movement therein, said distal member formed with internal threads; a hollow proximal member positioned in said proximal portion of said tube for axial movement therein; at least one proximal wire interconnecting the central member with the proximal member and at least one distal wire interconnecting the central member with the distal member; and a threaded actuator rod for passing through said proximal, central and distal members to engage said internal threads and rotatable to slide said proximal and distal members toward said central member to move said proximal and distal wires from a first substantially straight configuration to a second bowed configuration wherein the proximal and distal wires extend through the proximal and distal slots, respectively, to anchor the device in the bone.