Device for stabilizing fractures of the upper end of the femur

• US 5,591,168 A
• Filed: 05/07/1996
• Issued: 01/07/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tornier Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Tornier Incorporated
• Inventors: Saillant, Gerard, Judet, Thierry
• Primary Examiner(s): Buiz, Michael Powell
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEONARDO, MARK
• Application Number:
  US08/643,835
• Time in Patent Office: 245 Days
• Field of Search: 606/65, 606/66, 606/67, 606/68, 606/69, 606/70, 606/71
• US Class Current: 606/65
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/746 the longitudinal elements coupled to a plate opposite the femoral head
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/809 with bone-penetrating elements, e.g. blades or prongs bone staples A61B17/0642; intramedullary nails with a plate at an end A61B17/7233

Abstract

A device for stabilizing fractures of the upper end of the femur, comprising a plate which includes in its upper part two parallel, cylindrical barrels offset by a first angle with respect to a vertical plane passing through the middle of the plate and a second angle with respect to a horizontal axis passing through the middle of the plate.

Claims

1. A device for stabilizing fractures of the upper end of the femur comprising, a plate having opposite side edges, a lower part having holes therethrough, an upper part and a middle portion between said upper and lower parts, said upper part having a front face, two parallel cylindrical barrels extending from said front face of said upper part which are offset both laterally at a first angle from a first plane extending perpendicularly to said front face and through said plate and generally parallel to said opposite side edges thereof and vertically at a second angle from a second plane extending through said middle portion of said plate generally perpendicularly to said front face and generally perpendicular to said first plane, and said two parallel cylindrical barrels being offset with respect to each other so that one of said barrels is positioned closer to one of said opposite side edges while the other of said barrels is positioned closer to the other of said opposite side edges.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said front face of said upper part of said plate is arcuate in shape so as to be adapted to the outer curvature of the femur.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein each of said barrels comprise smooth internal bores to allow receipt of anchoring screws.

4. A device for stabilizing fractures of the upper end of the femur comprising, in combination, a plate having opposite side edges, a lower part having holes therethrough, an upper part and a middle portion between said upper and lower parts, said upper part having a front face, two parallel cylindrical barrels extending from said front face of said upper part which are offset both laterally at a first angle from a first plane extending perpendicularly to said front face and through said plate and generally parallel to said opposite side edges thereof and vertically at a second angle from a second plane extending through said middle portion of said plate generally perpendicularly to said front face and generally perpendicular to said first plane, a trochanter element having an upper part in the form of at least one hook, a bearing face extending from said at least one hook, two spaced and parallel branches extending from said bearing face along said opposite side edges of said plate and defining an opening therebetween in which said upper part of said plate is received, said parallel branches having lower ends, and a plate member overlying said plate and joining said lower ends of said parallel branches and having holes therethrough for communicating with said holes in said lower part of said plate whereby fastening elements may be inserted through aligned holes in said plate and said plate member of said trochanter element.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein said bearing face includes holes, and fixation means for extending through said holes in said hearing face.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein said two parallel cylindrical barrels are offset with respect to each other so that one of said barrels is positioned closer to one of said opposite side edges while the other of said barrels is positioned closer to the other of said opposite side edges.