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EXPANDABLE INTRAMEDULLARY ROD

  • US 20110077651A1
  • Filed: 09/27/2010
  • Published: 03/31/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An expandable rod sized for insertion into a patient'"'"'s bone, the expandable rod comprising:

  • a shaft having a first end and a second end;

    an expansion member coupled to the shaft and adjustable between a first, contracted state and a second, expanded state, the expansion member expanding radially outwardly from the contracted state to the expanded state, the expansion member including a first expansion segment and a second expansion segment, the first expansion segment having a higher slenderness ratio than the second expansion segment; and

    an actuator moveably coupled to the shaft to adjust the expansion member between the contracted state and the expanded state.

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