Matthew V. Leyden,Matthew S. Wallace,Daniel S. Horwitz,George J. Haidukewych,David A. Hawkes,Marc E. Ruhling
申请号：
US11731348
公开号：
US08177786B2
申请日:
2007.03.30
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A hip screw assembly for fixation of a fractured femur is provided. The hip screw assembly includes a screw for engagement with the femur. The hip screw assembly also includes a barrel defining a cavity in the barrel. The barrel is fixedly secured to the plate. The screw including a portion thereof fitted in the cavity of the barrel. The hip screw assembly also includes a stop positionable in the barrel. The stop provides a limit on the movement of said screw in said barrel. The screw and the barrel have a first arrangement between each other in which the screw slides in the cavity of said barrel a first selectable predetermined distance and a second arrangement in which the screw slides a second selectable predetermined distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
