US 11,890,201 B2
Prosthesis for a fractured long bone
Pascal Boileau, Nice (FR); Jean-Emmanuel Cardon, Domene (FR); Bertrand Claizergues, Montbonnot (FR); Vincent Coulange, Lyons (FR); Benjamin Dassonville, Saint Hilaire du Touvet (FR); and Vincent Gaborit, Saint martin d' Heres (FR)
Assigned to TORNIER
Filed by Tornier, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin (FR)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/989,223.
Application 16/989,223 is a continuation of application No. 16/259,501, filed on Jan. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,765,524.
Claims priority of application No. 18305101 (EP), filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022878 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4059 (2013.01) [A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/30734 (2013.01); A61F 2/4014 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/4003 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2853 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30332 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30433 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30827 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30879 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4066 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4631 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A prosthesis for a fractured long bone, the prosthesis comprising:
a rod, configured for being inserted into a medullary cavity of a diaphyseal fragment of the fractured long bone, for securing the prosthesis to the diaphyseal fragment;
an epiphyseal end, fixedly secured to the rod by means of a plurality of linker legs, so that a gap is formed between the epiphyseal end and the rod along the plurality of linker legs; and
a plurality of barbs spaced apart by grooves on a proximal portion of the prosthesis, wherein the barbs protrude outwardly from a lateral side of the prosthesis.