INTRAMEDULLARY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

摘要

An intramedullary rod and system for introducing it into a longitudinally extending bore in the bone of a patient is disclosed. The system includes a guide tube, a cutter assembly and the intramedullary rod. The guide tube has a central passageway and a plurality of longitudinally extending slots and is arranged to be located within the bore in the bone. The cutter assembly includes a body member having a plurality of blades extending outward therefrom and is arranged to be moved along the central passageway of the guide tube so that the blades extend outward through the slots to produce a respective grooves in the bore of the bone of the patient. The intramedullary rod is an elongated linear member having a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs projecting outward therefrom and is arranged to be disposed within the central passageway in the guide tube whereupon its ribs extend through respective ones of the slots in the guide tube for disposition within respective ones of the longitudinal grooves in the bore of the bone of the patient to thereby fix the intramedullary rod therein.