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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
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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.

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