Intramedullary nail distal targeting device
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Mar 13, 2001
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May 7, 1999
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May 7, 1999
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A targeting device for aligning a viewing device between a radiation source and a radiation receiver along an axis that passes through the fastener-receiving hole in an intramedullary nail or rod. The targeting device is aligned such that the viewing axis coincides with the radiation axis, which in turn coincides with an axis that passes through the fastener-receiving hole, to prepare to insert a fastener for attaching the nail to a bone in which the nail is implanted. The apparatus and method reduces the procedural time associated with the accurate placement of screws or pins into orthopedic hardware, such as the distal locking holes of intramedullary nails/rods in long bone fractures.
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