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- At least some embodiments disclosed herein relate, in general, to the field of orthopaedic implant apparatus and systems for bone and joint surgery, and more specifically, to intramedullary fixation apparatus and systems for certain types of fractures, including, but not limited to, fractures of the hip and femur.
- An open reduction and internal fixation is a type of orthopaedic surgery used to repair fractured bones. This is a two-part surgery. First, the broken bone is reduced or put back into place. Next an internal device is placed on or in the bone, or both, typically through the use of screws, plates, rods, pins or nails used to hold the broken bone together.
- the Dynamic Hip Screw and the Gamma Nail are currently two acceptable fixation apparatus to treat unstable intertrochanteric and sub-trochanteric fractures, which are common in the old osteoporotic patient but can be challenging to fix and problematic to manage.
- a Dynamic Hip Screw there are three (3) components of a Dynamic Hip Screw, including a dynamic lag screw (inserted into the neck of a femur), a side plate, and a plurality of cortical screws (fixated to proximal or distal femoral shaft, or both).
- a Dynamic Hip Screw allows controlled dynamic sliding of the femoral head component along the construct—and since bone responds to dynamic stresses, the native femur may undergo remodeling and proper fracture healing through compression of the fracture line.
- a disadvantage of this technique was that the plate was lateral to the load-bearing line of the hip, such that any defect in the medial cortex of the femur, whether due to imperfect reduction, comminution, or a metastasis meant that a varus stress would be applied to the fixation with every weight-bearing step, which could, in turn, cause the cutting-out of the screw from the head of the femur, or failure at the nail-plate junction or of the screws securing the plate to the bone.
- the Gamma Nail is also of an intramedullary fixation design, developed for semi-closed insertion.
- a Gamma Nail has three principle components: an intramedullary rod (nail) passed down the medullary cavity of the upper shaft of the femur, a lag screw passed through a hole in the proximal part of the rod and from there inserted into the head of the femur, and a set screw which prevents rotation of the main screw.
- the Gamma Nail itself can be somewhat difficult to place, and biomechanical experiments have suggested that while the sliding ability of the lag screw is maintained in the Gamma Nail, it is decreased in comparison with that of the Dynamic Hip Screw.
- FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an intramedullary nail, a dynamic lag screw structure comprised of a longitudinal sheath and a lag screw, and a surgical screw as a fixation means.
- FIG. 2 is cutaway view of a dynamic lag screw structure with a lag screw inserted fully into a longitudinal sheath, revealing a dynamic channel for introduction of an intramedullary nail through the dynamic lag screw structure.
- FIG. 3 is an isometric view of a femur, the head and neck of which have been reamed to accept a dynamic lag screw structure, with the longitudinal sheath thereof in position for insertion.
- FIG. 4 is an isometric view of a femur into which the longitudinal sheath of a dynamic lag screw structure has been inserted, and the lag screw of the dynamic lag screw structure is in position for insertion within the sheath and thence into the neck and head of the femur.
- FIG. 5 is an isometric view of a femur, reamed for placement of an intramedullary nail through a dynamic lag screw structure via a dynamic channel created by the alignment of an upper orifice and a lower orifice of a longitudinal sheath with a slot in a lag screw.
- FIG. 6 is an isometric view of a femur into which an intramedullary nail has been inserted through the dynamic lag screw structure, and of a surgical screw in position to be installed distally as a fixation means to secure the intramedullary nail in position with respect to the femur.
- FIG. 7 is an isometric view of a femur into which an intramedullary nail has been inserted through the dynamic lag screw structure, and into which a surgical screw has been inserted distally through a lateral orifice in the intramedullary nail.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an intramedullary nail that has been inserted into the medullary shaft of a femur through the dynamic lag screw structure, revealing an external lip of a lag screw engaged with the inner lip of a longitudinal sheath, and the external rim of a longitudinal sheath engaged against the lateral cortex of the femur.
- references in this specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the disclosure.
- the appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” or substantially similar phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments.
- various features are described which may be exhibited by some embodiments and not by others.
- various requirements are described which may be requirements for some embodiments but not other embodiments.
- an embodiment of the system comprises an intramedullary nail (intramedullary rod) 101 , a dynamic lag screw structure 102 comprising a longitudinal sheath 103 and a lag screw 104 , and some securing means, such as surgical screws, bolts, or tightrope fixation, now known or later to be developed in the art, to keep an intramedullary nail 101 in a proper position relative to a bone.
- intramedullary nail intramedullary rod
- dynamic lag screw structure 102 comprising a longitudinal sheath 103 and a lag screw 104
- some securing means such as surgical screws, bolts, or tightrope fixation, now known or later to be developed in the art, to keep an intramedullary nail 101 in a proper position relative to a bone.
- an intramedullary nail 101 may have one or more lateral orifices 105 passing through it proximally or distally, or both, with respect to a long bone, each such lateral orifice 105 capable or accepting one or more surgical screws 106 designed to pass into or through an intramedullary nail 101 .
- an intramedullary nail 101 may have a solid, semi-solid, or hollow core, may be curved to accommodate the anterior curvature of a femur of a patient, and may be of varying length, as well as and proximal and distal diameter, as may be appropriate to a given patient.
- An intramedullary nail 101 may be tapered at its distal end 107 , inter alia, to facilitate insertion, and may be configured at its proximal end 108 to receive a guidance device or comparable instrument currently known or later to be developed in the art.
- a longitudinal sheath 103 of a dynamic lag screw structure 102 comprises an upper orifice 109 and lower orifice 110 , together capable of accepting an intramedullary nail 101 and allowing said intramedullary nail 101 to be passed through, and perpendicular to, said longitudinal sheath 103 .
- the distal end (insertion end) 116 of a longitudinal sheath 103 may be tapered, and at its proximal end 117 may have an outer rim 118 and an inner lip 119 .
- An outer rim 118 may ensure that a longitudinal sheath 103 cannot be inserted beyond the lateral cortex of a femur.
- a longitudinal sheath 103 may be pressed or tapped into the bone through a hole or channel that has been reamed in a bone.
- a lag screw 104 may employ at its distal end (insertion end) a self-tapping thread 111 .
- a lag screw 104 may have at its proximal end a drive 112 .
- Said drive 112 may include some form of internal threading 113 or other securing means capable of receiving a self-holding screwdriver or comparable tool now known or later to be developed in the art.
- a lag screw 104 may have longitudinal slot 114 through its shank 115 capable of accepting an intramedullary nail 101 and allowing it to pass through said lag screw 104 .
- a lag screw 104 may have an external lip 120 at its proximal end capable of engaging an inner lip 117 of a longitudinal sheath 103 so as to prevent said lag screw 104 from further penetrating the bone.
- a lag screw 104 may be inserted into a longitudinal sheath 103 , and an intramedullary nail 101 passed through a dynamic channel formed by the alignment of both an upper orifice 109 and a lower orifice 110 of said longitudinal sheath 103 with a longitudinal slot 114 in the shank 115 of an inserted lag screw 104 , and thence, into the medullary shaft of a femur.
- Such a dynamic lag screw structure 102 or comparable structure may provide a means of allowing the dynamic adjustment of the position of the lag screw 104 in three dimensions—longitudinally, laterally, and normally (i.e., vertically)—relative to the intramedullary nail 101 , and hence, to the shaft of the femur and to the neck and head of the femur, respectively, permitting further compression of the fractured bone as a patient begins to bear weight on the joint following surgery.
- An embodiment may be comprised of various types of stainless steel, titanium, titanium alloys, biodegradables and other suitable materials, alone or in combination, currently known in the art or which may later be developed in the art or for use in the art.
- An embodiment may have a distal diameter for an intramedullary nail 101 within an approximate range of 11 mm to 15 mm., with a proximal diameter within an approximate range of 15 mm to 16 mm, and a length within an approximate range of 250 mm of 500 mm.
- a lag screw 103 may have a diameter within an approximate range of 10 mm to 11 mm, a core diameter within an approximate range of 6 mm to 7 mm, and a length within an approximate range of 50 to 145 mm.
- An embodiment may utilize a surgical screw 106 that is either full or partially threaded and self-tapping, with a diameter within an approximate range of 4 mm to 6 mm, and a length within an approximate range of 15 mm to 130 mm.
- An embodiment of the current invention allows it to be placed in the hip simply and quickly using an external guidance device or system. Such an initial placement may be thought of as similar to the placement of a screw for in-situ pinning.
- a small incision (typically less than an inch) may be made laterally to the fractured proximal femur and an intramedullary nail 101 , which could be a Steinman Pin, may be inserted into the neck and head of the femur, with or without reaming, to a depth appropriate to the anatomy of the patient, centrally and slightly posterior in the head of the fractured proximal femur.
- An intramedullary nail 101 may then be placed with the assistance of a guidance device or system to assure a proper angle of the intramedullary nail 101 in relation to the shaft of the fractured proximal femur.
- a desired depth into which a lag screw 104 is to be inserted into the neck and head of a femur may then be determined.
- the neck 201 and head 202 of a femur 203 then may be reamed in a two-step process.
- a channel may reamed at a desired angle from the lateral cortex of the fractured proximal femur to the center of the head of the fractured proximal femur at the desired depth for the lag screw previously determined.
- a wider and shorter channel may be reamed at approximately the same angle to accommodate a longitudinal sheath 103 .
- a longitudinal sheath 103 may be pressed or tapped into the bone until any external rim of the sheath reaches the lateral cortex of the fractured proximal femur.
- a lag screw 104 which may have been attached to a self-holding screwdriver or comparable device, may then be inserted into and through the longitudinal sheath 103 embedded in the bone and screwed or otherwise inserted into the neck and head of a femur and into the longer, narrower channel initially reamed.
- an upper orifice 109 and a lower orifice 110 in a longitudinal sheath 103 and a slot 114 in a lag screw 104 which has been inserted into a longitudinal sheath 103 may aligned, and the resulting dynamic channel for introduction of an intramedullary nail 101 lined up with the medullary canal of a femoral shaft.
- a fluoroscope or other guidance device or system then may be used to place an intramedullary nail 101 through the trochanter into the construct and canal of a femur. As depicted in FIG. 6 , FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , an intramedullary nail 101 then may be secured to the bone with one or more surgical screws 106 utilizing a fluoroscope or other guidance device or system.
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Description
- This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/990,741, filed 9 May 2014.
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- 1. Field of Technology
- At least some embodiments disclosed herein relate, in general, to the field of orthopaedic implant apparatus and systems for bone and joint surgery, and more specifically, to intramedullary fixation apparatus and systems for certain types of fractures, including, but not limited to, fractures of the hip and femur.
- 2. Background
- An open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of orthopaedic surgery used to repair fractured bones. This is a two-part surgery. First, the broken bone is reduced or put back into place. Next an internal device is placed on or in the bone, or both, typically through the use of screws, plates, rods, pins or nails used to hold the broken bone together. The Dynamic Hip Screw and the Gamma Nail are currently two acceptable fixation apparatus to treat unstable intertrochanteric and sub-trochanteric fractures, which are common in the old osteoporotic patient but can be challenging to fix and problematic to manage.
- In the 1980s, perhaps the most common method of fixation employed the Dynamic Hip Screw. Typically, there are three (3) components of a Dynamic Hip Screw, including a dynamic lag screw (inserted into the neck of a femur), a side plate, and a plurality of cortical screws (fixated to proximal or distal femoral shaft, or both). The idea behind this design is that the femoral head component is allowed to move along one plane—a Dynamic Hip Screw allows controlled dynamic sliding of the femoral head component along the construct—and since bone responds to dynamic stresses, the native femur may undergo remodeling and proper fracture healing through compression of the fracture line. A disadvantage of this technique, however, was that the plate was lateral to the load-bearing line of the hip, such that any defect in the medial cortex of the femur, whether due to imperfect reduction, comminution, or a metastasis meant that a varus stress would be applied to the fixation with every weight-bearing step, which could, in turn, cause the cutting-out of the screw from the head of the femur, or failure at the nail-plate junction or of the screws securing the plate to the bone.
- An intramedullary appliance, the Zickel Nail, addressed some of these problems, but it proved technically difficult to insert, even in experienced hands, and presented its own problems. Among these was the increased likelihood of fracture at the base of the greater trochanter.
- The Gamma Nail is also of an intramedullary fixation design, developed for semi-closed insertion. A Gamma Nail has three principle components: an intramedullary rod (nail) passed down the medullary cavity of the upper shaft of the femur, a lag screw passed through a hole in the proximal part of the rod and from there inserted into the head of the femur, and a set screw which prevents rotation of the main screw. The Gamma Nail itself can be somewhat difficult to place, and biomechanical experiments have suggested that while the sliding ability of the lag screw is maintained in the Gamma Nail, it is decreased in comparison with that of the Dynamic Hip Screw. This may be a particular problem in heavy set or obese patients, for whom it may be difficult to obtain access to the trochanter and find an optimal access point for introduction of a lag screw. Moreover, accidental fracture and over-penetration by the lag screw are not uncommon with the Gamma Nail design, and an optimal level of compression of the fractured bone may not always be obtained during surgery.
- The embodiments illustrated are by way of example, and not limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements.
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FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an intramedullary nail, a dynamic lag screw structure comprised of a longitudinal sheath and a lag screw, and a surgical screw as a fixation means. -
FIG. 2 is cutaway view of a dynamic lag screw structure with a lag screw inserted fully into a longitudinal sheath, revealing a dynamic channel for introduction of an intramedullary nail through the dynamic lag screw structure. -
FIG. 3 is an isometric view of a femur, the head and neck of which have been reamed to accept a dynamic lag screw structure, with the longitudinal sheath thereof in position for insertion. -
FIG. 4 is an isometric view of a femur into which the longitudinal sheath of a dynamic lag screw structure has been inserted, and the lag screw of the dynamic lag screw structure is in position for insertion within the sheath and thence into the neck and head of the femur. -
FIG. 5 is an isometric view of a femur, reamed for placement of an intramedullary nail through a dynamic lag screw structure via a dynamic channel created by the alignment of an upper orifice and a lower orifice of a longitudinal sheath with a slot in a lag screw. -
FIG. 6 is an isometric view of a femur into which an intramedullary nail has been inserted through the dynamic lag screw structure, and of a surgical screw in position to be installed distally as a fixation means to secure the intramedullary nail in position with respect to the femur. -
FIG. 7 is an isometric view of a femur into which an intramedullary nail has been inserted through the dynamic lag screw structure, and into which a surgical screw has been inserted distally through a lateral orifice in the intramedullary nail. -
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an intramedullary nail that has been inserted into the medullary shaft of a femur through the dynamic lag screw structure, revealing an external lip of a lag screw engaged with the inner lip of a longitudinal sheath, and the external rim of a longitudinal sheath engaged against the lateral cortex of the femur. - The following description and drawings are illustrative and are not to be construed as limiting. Numerous specific details are described to provide a thorough understanding. However, in certain instances, well-known or conventional details are not described in order to avoid obscuring the description. References to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” in the present disclosure are not necessarily references to the same embodiment; and, such references mean at least one.
- Reference in this specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the disclosure. The appearances of the phrase “in one embodiment” or substantially similar phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Moreover, various features are described which may be exhibited by some embodiments and not by others. Similarly, various requirements are described which may be requirements for some embodiments but not other embodiments.
- As illustrated in
FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the system comprises an intramedullary nail (intramedullary rod) 101, a dynamiclag screw structure 102 comprising alongitudinal sheath 103 and alag screw 104, and some securing means, such as surgical screws, bolts, or tightrope fixation, now known or later to be developed in the art, to keep anintramedullary nail 101 in a proper position relative to a bone. By way of illustration and without limitation, in an embodiment, anintramedullary nail 101 may have one or morelateral orifices 105 passing through it proximally or distally, or both, with respect to a long bone, each suchlateral orifice 105 capable or accepting one or moresurgical screws 106 designed to pass into or through anintramedullary nail 101. As is known in the art, anintramedullary nail 101 may have a solid, semi-solid, or hollow core, may be curved to accommodate the anterior curvature of a femur of a patient, and may be of varying length, as well as and proximal and distal diameter, as may be appropriate to a given patient. Anintramedullary nail 101 may be tapered at itsdistal end 107, inter alia, to facilitate insertion, and may be configured at itsproximal end 108 to receive a guidance device or comparable instrument currently known or later to be developed in the art. - In an embodiment, a
longitudinal sheath 103 of a dynamiclag screw structure 102 comprises anupper orifice 109 andlower orifice 110, together capable of accepting anintramedullary nail 101 and allowing saidintramedullary nail 101 to be passed through, and perpendicular to, saidlongitudinal sheath 103. In an embodiment, the distal end (insertion end) 116 of alongitudinal sheath 103 may be tapered, and at itsproximal end 117 may have anouter rim 118 and aninner lip 119. Anouter rim 118 may ensure that alongitudinal sheath 103 cannot be inserted beyond the lateral cortex of a femur. In an embodiment, alongitudinal sheath 103 may be pressed or tapped into the bone through a hole or channel that has been reamed in a bone. - In an embodiment, a
lag screw 104 may employ at its distal end (insertion end) a self-tappingthread 111. In an embodiment, alag screw 104 may have at its proximal end adrive 112. Saiddrive 112 may include some form ofinternal threading 113 or other securing means capable of receiving a self-holding screwdriver or comparable tool now known or later to be developed in the art. In an embodiment, alag screw 104 may havelongitudinal slot 114 through itsshank 115 capable of accepting anintramedullary nail 101 and allowing it to pass through saidlag screw 104. In an embodiment, alag screw 104 may have anexternal lip 120 at its proximal end capable of engaging aninner lip 117 of alongitudinal sheath 103 so as to prevent saidlag screw 104 from further penetrating the bone. - As illustrated in
FIG. 2 , in an embodiment, alag screw 104 may be inserted into alongitudinal sheath 103, and anintramedullary nail 101 passed through a dynamic channel formed by the alignment of both anupper orifice 109 and alower orifice 110 of saidlongitudinal sheath 103 with alongitudinal slot 114 in theshank 115 of an insertedlag screw 104, and thence, into the medullary shaft of a femur. Such a dynamiclag screw structure 102 or comparable structure may provide a means of allowing the dynamic adjustment of the position of thelag screw 104 in three dimensions—longitudinally, laterally, and normally (i.e., vertically)—relative to theintramedullary nail 101, and hence, to the shaft of the femur and to the neck and head of the femur, respectively, permitting further compression of the fractured bone as a patient begins to bear weight on the joint following surgery. - An embodiment may be comprised of various types of stainless steel, titanium, titanium alloys, biodegradables and other suitable materials, alone or in combination, currently known in the art or which may later be developed in the art or for use in the art.
- An embodiment may have a distal diameter for an
intramedullary nail 101 within an approximate range of 11 mm to 15 mm., with a proximal diameter within an approximate range of 15 mm to 16 mm, and a length within an approximate range of 250 mm of 500 mm. In an embodiment, alag screw 103 may have a diameter within an approximate range of 10 mm to 11 mm, a core diameter within an approximate range of 6 mm to 7 mm, and a length within an approximate range of 50 to 145 mm. An embodiment may utilize asurgical screw 106 that is either full or partially threaded and self-tapping, with a diameter within an approximate range of 4 mm to 6 mm, and a length within an approximate range of 15 mm to 130 mm. - An embodiment of the current invention allows it to be placed in the hip simply and quickly using an external guidance device or system. Such an initial placement may be thought of as similar to the placement of a screw for in-situ pinning.
- After reduction of a fracture of a proximal femur of a patient on a fracture table, if needed, and positioning of a fluoroscope or similar guidance device or system over the fractured proximal femur, a small incision (typically less than an inch) may be made laterally to the fractured proximal femur and an
intramedullary nail 101, which could be a Steinman Pin, may be inserted into the neck and head of the femur, with or without reaming, to a depth appropriate to the anatomy of the patient, centrally and slightly posterior in the head of the fractured proximal femur. Anintramedullary nail 101 may then be placed with the assistance of a guidance device or system to assure a proper angle of theintramedullary nail 101 in relation to the shaft of the fractured proximal femur. A desired depth into which alag screw 104 is to be inserted into the neck and head of a femur may then be determined. - As illustrated in
FIG. 3 andFIG. 4 , the neck 201 and head 202 of a femur 203 then may be reamed in a two-step process. First, a channel may reamed at a desired angle from the lateral cortex of the fractured proximal femur to the center of the head of the fractured proximal femur at the desired depth for the lag screw previously determined. Second, a wider and shorter channel may be reamed at approximately the same angle to accommodate alongitudinal sheath 103. Next, alongitudinal sheath 103 may be pressed or tapped into the bone until any external rim of the sheath reaches the lateral cortex of the fractured proximal femur. - As illustrated in
FIG. 4 andFIG. 5 , alag screw 104, which may have been attached to a self-holding screwdriver or comparable device, may then be inserted into and through thelongitudinal sheath 103 embedded in the bone and screwed or otherwise inserted into the neck and head of a femur and into the longer, narrower channel initially reamed. As illustrated inFIG. 6 , anupper orifice 109 and alower orifice 110 in alongitudinal sheath 103 and aslot 114 in alag screw 104 which has been inserted into alongitudinal sheath 103 may aligned, and the resulting dynamic channel for introduction of anintramedullary nail 101 lined up with the medullary canal of a femoral shaft. A fluoroscope or other guidance device or system then may be used to place anintramedullary nail 101 through the trochanter into the construct and canal of a femur. As depicted inFIG. 6 ,FIG. 7 andFIG. 8 , anintramedullary nail 101 then may be secured to the bone with one or moresurgical screws 106 utilizing a fluoroscope or other guidance device or system. - In the foregoing specification, the disclosure has been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments thereof. The specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative sense rather than a restrictive sense.
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