Flexible intramedullary rod

摘要

An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.

主权项

1. A surgical instrument for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone, the canal bowed in one plane, the instrument comprising:
an elongated rod having a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane, a plurality of diametrically opposed cutouts formed on opposite halves of the rod along the longitudinal axis, and a central core disposed along the longitudinal axis, the opposite halves being separated by a transverse plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the central core defining a solid surface of the opposed cutouts, wherein the rod is resiliently flexible along a second plane which is coplanar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.