×

Metacarpal bone stabilization device

  • US 9,480,515 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2013
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A device for repairing a bone, the device for being received in the bone and comprising:

  • a. a shaft having a length, a uniform diameter, and an outer surface,b. a first end, a second end and a center portion between the first end and the second end;

    c. threads on the outer surface juxtapesed the second end, wherein the threads comprise 25% or less of the shaft length;

    d. a driving surface at the first end;

    e. a cutting surface at a tip of the second end; and

    f. an annular gap between the second end and the first end, wherein the annular gap has a diameter, and the shaft on either side of the gap has a diameter, the diameter of the annular gap being less than the diameter of the shaft on either side of the annular gap, the gap for receiving debris generated when installing the device.

View all claims
  • 6 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×