Configurable bone fixation system

摘要

A bone fixation system has an elongate portion (122; 299) for engaging over a long bone (e.g. a femur) and an end engagement portion (120; 260) for engaging over an end region of a long bone (e.g. a greater trochanter). To allow for variation in bone geometries, the two portions are pivotably connectable. Preferably the connection is lockable. Thus the system can be adapted to a particular bone geometry and then made rigid.