WO2005096977A1 - An implant assembly for proximal femoral fracture - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an implant assembly used to repair fractures of the Proximal Femur and ipsilateral (same side) fractures of shaft of femur by one piece (unitary) intramedullary nail having complete anatomical profile like femur bone and its minimally invasive method for insertion by using targeting device with it.
- the femur bone (thigh bone) is having peculiar shape and curvatures (anatomical profile) comprising of its Head (1), Neck (2), Greater trochanter (3), Lesser trochanter(4) and Shaft (5).
- Head portion is like ball composed of dense cancellous bone.
- Neck is having front (anterior) surface (6), back (posterior) surface(7), lower (inferior) surface(8)and upper (superior) surface(9).
- Neck is having front (anterior) surface (6), back (posterior) surface(7), lower (inferior) surface(8)and upper (superior) surface(9).
- Neck is not cylindrical in cut section but flat and narrow near posterior and inferior surface having dense good quality bone called as calcar (10) and broad at superior portion containing less dense bone near superior and anterior surface.
- Axis of centre of shaft (11) makes an angle with axis of centre of neck and head (12) which is known as "neck shaft angle”(13) which generally varies from 120° to 140°.
- Plane of center of shaft of femur (14) makes an angle with the plane of center of neck and head (15) which is known as “angle of ante version” (16) which generally varies from 5° to 20° .
- Hollow shaft of femur with medullary canal (17) is having "anterior curvature"(18).
- Front wall of medullary canal of shaft of femur is called anterior cortex (19) ,back wall is called posterior cortex(20), inner wall is called medial cortex(21)and outer wall is called lateral cortex(22).
- anterior cortex (19) back wall is called posterior cortex(20)
- inner wall is called medial cortex(21)and outer wall is called lateral cortex(22).
- Proximal Femur Portion of femur bone comprising head (1),neck (2)and upper part of shaft(5) is called as " Proximal Femur”.
- Proximal Femur Portion of femur bone comprising head (1),neck (2)and upper part of shaft(5) is called as " Proximal Femur”.
- Proximal Femur In normal human various muscles are attached to this part of bone exerting force and reacting to ground reaction force in different direction and in different amplitude in different stage of walking and these loads are cyclic in nature. In intact femur bone these forces are transmitted from proximal femur to shaft of femur effectively.
- the implant should acquire minimum area of the bone to provide anatomical reconstruction with stable biological (MINIMALLY INVASIVE) osteosynthesis (fixation of fractured bone fragments).
- the funnel shaped femur medullary canal (17) is making an ante version angle (16) of around 5° to 20° with neck and head of femur bone and the femur shaft has anterior curvature(18).
- the implant must match completely with the above mentioned anatomic profile of femur bone to distribute the forces evenly like intact bone.
- Implant should be capable to react effectively to large, dynamic (in magnitude and direction) and cyclic loads when patient starts walking bearing the weight on limb.
- Implant should allow gradual adaptation of fractured bone fragments by allowing guided limited controlled collapse of gap between fixed bone fragments leading to early bone to bone contact which results into faster healing.
- Implant should be stable enough to provide rotational stability so that during any rotational forces the implant and the comminuted bone should move as one unit.
- Implant design and fixation must be such that it should provide early mobilization and should allow assisted full weight bearing.
- the femur size and other related properties vary from person to person. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an implant assembly that would be suitable for any femur which meets with essential parameters. Along with these biomechanical properties, the implant unit should be easy to fix and should provide maximum accuracy of fixation. So that it is adoptable to average surgeon giving reproducible results.
- DHS Dynamic Hip Screw
- the lag screw (26) which has a threaded end (28) and a smooth portion (29) is inserted through the barrel member (25) so that it extends across the break and into the femoral head.
- the threaded portion (28) engages the femoral head.
- the compressing screw (27) connects the lag screw (26) to the plate (24). By adjusting the tension of the compressing screw (27) the compression (reduction) of the fracture can be adjusted.
- the smooth portion (29) of the lag screw must be free to slide through the barrel member (25) to permit the adjustment of the compression screw.
- Compression screw assemblies are shown by the following patents: Fixel U.S. Pat. No. 4,432,358; Callender, Jr. U.S. Pat. No.
- Subtrochanteric and femoral shaft fractures have been treated with the help of intramedullary rods which are inserted into the marrow canal of the femur to immobilize the femur parts involved in fractures.
- a single angled locking screw is inserted through the femur and the proximal end of the intramedullary rod.
- one or two screws may also be inserted through the femoral shaft and through the distal end of the intramedullary rod.
- the standard intramedullary rods have been successfully employed in treating fractures in lower portions of the femoral shaft.
- the Grosse-Kempf nail manufactured by Howmedica Company of Rutherford, N.J. is believed to be one of the earliest intramedullary nailing devices introduced into the United States.
- the Grosse-Kempf nail includes a threaded hole in the intramedullary rod for receiving the interlocking screw.
- the fully threaded screw cannot slide through the threaded hole to permit the type of compression found in the compression screw assemblies discussed above.
- the axis of the threaded hole coincides with a line between the greater to lesser trochanter and not in the direction of the femoral neck.
- the commercially available Kuntscher Y-nail includes a flanged cloverieaf shaped intramedullary nail which is inserted through a hole in a single femoral neck nail.
- the rod includes a longitudinal slit.
- the Kuntscher device is indicated only for unstable trochanteric fractures. Neither the Kuntscher device, nor the Zickel nail, includes distal anchoring means and both therefore are not useful for treating distal fractures.
- the femoral neck nail of the Kuntscher device which is angled toward the femoral neck, is locked into place by the intramedullary rod.
- the Kuntscher Y-nail is also not indicated for femoral neck fractures.
- the Russell-Taylor interlocking nail system manufactured by Richards Medical Company of Memphis, Tenn. includes an intramedullary rod having two pairs of coaxial holes through its proximal end. The axes of the pairs of holes intersect to provide a left or right orientation for insertion of a single locking screw.
- the screw is designed to pass from the greater to the lesser trochanter. There is not sufficient mechanical support to allow usage of the locking screw in the direction towards the femoral head because the second pair of coaxial holes weakens the nail when loaded in that direction. Further, the locking screw is a fully threaded screw which does not permit sliding of the screw relative to the intramedullary rod.
- Another bone-nail which permits left-right orientation by means of 'criss-cross' nail holes is shown by Ender U.S. Pat. No. 4,475,545.
- Howmedica's Gamma Nail system comprises of unitary Gamma Nail(30) with mediolateral angle and having large proximal diameter(36) and single large hole(71) for single large transfixing
- Gamma hip screw(31) .nail's distal end(32) is straight in short length and plurality of distal locking screws(33) having in same plane as of proximal hole(71) in nail.
- Recently available Synthes -AO PFN , PCT/CH/99/00581 Application Number and WO 01 39679 A1 International Publication Number has described intramedullary nail having provision of plurality of transfixing hip screws, one large screw inferioriy near narrow calcar and one small screw superiorly.
- Proximal diameter of nail is large and direction of proximal holes and distal holes are in same plane in nail and targeting device. In short length nail, distal end is straight without any anterior curvature, so it is same for right or left side of femur.
- Anatomical profile of femur is such that plane passing through centre of head and neck (15) is making an angle(16) with plane passing through the centre of shaft of femur(14).
- Uniitary(non modular) intramedullary nails with targeting devices or jigs taught in prior art are having proximal holes in nail and targeting device for proximal hip pins or screws to hold neck and head of femur bone and distal holes in nails and jig for distal interlocking screws to hold distal fragment of shaft of femur. These proximal holes and distal holes in nail and jig are in same plane without making any angle.
- Intramedullary nails of short length taught in prior art are having same diameter and wall thickness through out the length of nail leading to high hoop stress while insertion causing shattering of bone and gives stress riser effect at distal or knee end and due to rigidity gives stress shielding at proximal or hip end leading to weakening of bone.
- Intramedullary nails taught in prior art are having larger diameter of proximal end (36) and corresponding proximal hip pins or screws are also having larger diameter, requiring more reaming and removal of bone to accommodate intramedullary nail and hip screws leading to loss of more biological tissue which harms healing of fractured bone.
- Insertion of proximal hip screws taught in prior art requires rotatary movement leading to cutting of cancellous bone in head and neck part of femur leading to loose fixation, particularly in osteoporotic bone.
- Proximal hip screws or pins taught in similar devices in prior art are not providing facility for augmentation of fixation in neck and head of femur bone by additional augmentation material like liquid inject able bone cement or other material particularly in severely osteoporotic bone where it is difficult to have fixation sound in head and neck of femur till repair of fracture.
- Intramedullary nail devices with proximal hip screws or pins taught in prior art fails in situation where fracture pattern is such that there is void in lateral cortex (22) of femur bone or is badly weakened by fracture, these proximal hip screws or pins get pushed in inadvertently or it collapses too much with medial shift of shaft of femur on weight bearing postoperatively, hampering stability of fixation and leads to loss of fixation as there is nothing to support at lateral cortex(22) of femur, which is vital for controlled limited collapse of proximal fragment. This ultimately leads to shortening of limb and limp in gait of patient.
- Intramedullary devices with targeting device or jig taught in prior art are having bulky jigs which requires relatively larger incision and it obstructs viewing during fluoroscopy during surgery and thus increases blood loss and hampers precision during surgery.
- Jigs or targeting devices made out of radiolucent material are costly.
- Short length intramedullary nails with targeting devices having facility to fix distal interlocking screw using targeting device to avoid fluoroscopic exposure to surgeon taught in prior art misses target of corresponding distal locking holes in the nail in patients where anterior curvature of femur(18) starts proximal to distal interlocking holes provided in nail and targeting device. It occurs also due to minor bending of straight short length nail inside medullary canal to partially adopt the shape of medullary canal.
- Proximal holes in intramedullary nail acts as barrel within which smooth sliding part of proximal sliding hip screws slides on weight bearing by patient.
- Shape of sliding part of proximal sliding hip screws and shape of proximal holes in intramedullary nails taught in prior art are round and do not give rotational stability in between these two parts of implant leading to relatively uncontrolled sliding and collapse of fracture giving rise to malunion of fracture.
- Invention provides intramedullary nail (42) having direction of proximal holes of nails( 37) and proximal holes in targeting device(38) in plane making 5° to 20° of angle (16) with plane passing through centre of shaft of femur (14) at the same time direction of distal locking holes of nail(39)and distal holes of targeting device(40) is at 90° to plane of centre of shaft of femur(14), so the direction of both proximal holes (37,38)and both distal holes (39,40) are in different planes matching anatomical profile of femur.
- Invention provides intramedullary nail (42) having matching anterior curvature in distal or tail part of nail (45) in even short length version of nail (54) to match the anatomical anterior curvature of shaft of femur(18) avoiding abutting of nail tip (34) to anterior cortex(19) ,thus avoiding stress concentration.
- Invention provides intramedullary nail (42) wherein distance from tip of proximal or head part of nail (43) to proximal holes in nail (37) and distance in between proximal holes in nail (37) is kept in such a way that it avoids superior cut through of neck(2) of femur by sliding proximal hip pins or screw (46). Same arrangement is given in targeting device (41).
- Invention provides intramedullary nail (42) having gradually reducing diameter from proximal or head part (43) of nail to intermediate or shaft (44) part of nail to distal or tail (45) part of nail without any sudden change in diameter to match the funnel shape of intramedullary canal(17).
- Wall thickness of intramedullary nail is also reducing gradually from proximal to distal to match cortical thickness of femur bone.
- Invention provides intramedullary nail having relatively smaller outer diameter of proximal or head portion (43) of intramedullary nail and smaller outer diameter of corresponding sliding proximal hip pins (46).
- Invention provides design of sliding proximal hip pins (46) having triflange part (47) holding neck (2) and head (1) portion of femur.
- This "triflange" profile on cut section with more span and mores taper provide good hold in neck and head part of femur and more rotational stability in unstable fracture pattern and osteoporotic bone.
- Other profiles like “U” or “Diamond” are also preferred.
- Invention provides sliding proximal hip pins having "triflanged" part (47) or other profile and its method of insertion by gentle hammering on predrilled neck(2) and head(1) of femur leads to compaction of bone and minimal cutting of cancellous bone.
- Invention provides proximal sliding hip pins (46) having small multiple holes (48) connecting central cannulation(78) in non sliding part of proximal hip pins(46) to inject augmentation material(49) like liquid bone cement through cannulated hip pins.
- Invention provides buttress plate(50) cum washer with or without barrels(51) where sliding proximal hip pins(46) pass towards head and neck through central oblong holes(52) in buttress plate(50) providing buttress support to proximal fragment and lateral cortex(22) , hence not allowing inadvertent push inside or uncontrolled collapse of sliding proximal hip pins(46).lt also allows impaction of lateral fragment to fragment having head(1) and neck(2) part of femur , reducing the gap at fracture site.
- Invention provides compact targeting device (41). Intramedullary nail (42) and sliding proximal hip pins (46) with cannulation providing guided precise insertion of implant.
- Invention provides Intramedullary nail of short length version (54) with targeting device(41) having corresponding distal locking holes in nail (39) and distal holes in targeting device (40) at such a distance .before starting of anterior curvature(18) of shaft (5)of femur, so that it does not miss the target of holes in the nail.
- Invention provides inner shape of proximal holes (37) in intramedullary nail (42) and outer shape of sliding part (53) of proximal hip pins (46) such that it gives rotation stability in between these two parts of implant allowing controlled, guided and limited sliding of proximal hip pins (46) on weight bearing by patient.
- Fig. 1 shows front view of normal human femur showing different parts and surfaces.
- Fig. 2 shows side view of normal human femur showing different parts and surfaces.
- Fig. 3 shows normal angle of ante version and neck- shaft angle of femur.
- Fig. 4 shows schematic of Dynamic Hip Screw Implant implanted in proximal femur bone.
- Fig. 5 shows schematic of short length Gamma Nail Implant, implanted in proximal femur bone.
- Fig. 6 shows schematic of side view of short length nail of prior art implanted in proximal femur bone showing tip of straight distal end of nail abutting anterior cortex of femur causing stress concentration and pointing effect.
- Fig. 7 shows schematic of side view of short length version of nail of invention implanted in proximal femur bone showing curved distal end of nail not abutting anterior cortex of femur.
- Fig. 8 shows side elevation of proposed implant showing targeting device with short length version nail mounted on targeting device.
- Fig. 9 shows isometric view of targeting device showing upper end, handle part, block of proximal holes and block of distal holes.
- Fig. 10 and show "hexagonal" shape of proximal holes in nail.
- Fig. 11 shows "key hole” shape of proximal holes in nail.
- Fig. 12 and 13 show plan of short length version and full length version of intramedullary nail of invention respectively.
- Fig. 14 shows optional slit washer.
- Fig. 15 shows elevation plan of sliding proximal hip pin.
- Fig. 16 shows elevation plan of sliding proximal hip pin with multiple holes in nonsliding triflanged part.
- Fig. 17 shows cut section of sliding part of proximal hip pin at line AB showing "key" shape with central hole for guide pin.
- Fig. 18 shows cut section of sliding part of proximal hip pin at line AB showing "hexagonal" shape with central hole for guide pin.
- Fig. 19 shows cut section of no sliding part of proximal hip pin at line XY showing "triflange” shape with central hole for guide pin.
- Fig. 20 shows elevation of distal interlocking screw.
- Fig. 21 shows elevation of optional barrels.
- Fig. 22 shows elevation of long blunt guide pin to guide intramedullary nail.
- Fig. 23 shows elevation of short sharp guide pin to guide sliding proximal hip pin.
- Fig. 24 and 25 show elevation of buttress plates of alternate design.
- Fig. 26 shows elevation of end cap.
- Fig. 27 shows implant assembly of present invention showing connection details of intramedullary nail, sliding proximal hip pins and distal locking screw.
- Fig. 28 shows implant assembly of present invention showing connection details of intramedullary nail, sliding proximal hip pins and distal locking screw in perspective view.
- Fig. 29 shows implant assembly of present invention implanted in normal intact human femur showing short length version of intramedullary nail, proximal sliding hip pins and distal interlocking screws.
- Fig. 30 shows implant assembly of present invention implanted in normal intact human femur showing short length version of intramedullary nail, proximal sliding hip pins, distal interlocking screws and buttress plate with barrels supporting lateral cortex of femur.
- Fig .31 shows implant assembly of present invention implanted in normal intact human femur showing short length version of intramedullary nail mounted on targeting device showing block of proximal holes of targeting device with tissue protection sleeves and guide pins for proximal sliding hip pins passing through sleeve in one plane and block of distal holes of targeting device with tissue protection sleeves targeting distal holes of intramedullary nail in another different plane.
- Fig. 32 shows implant assembly of present invention implanted in human femur with fractures for one example showing short length version of intramedullary nail, proximal sliding hip pins and distal interlocking screws.
- Fig .33 shows implant assembly of present invention implanted in human femur having fracture in proximal femur and concomitant fracture in shaft of femur showing full length version of intramedullary nail, proximal sliding hip pins and distal interlocking screws.
- Fig .34 shows implant assembly of present invention implanted in human femur having fractures in proximal femur with osteoporotic bone showing short length version of intramedullary nail, proximal sliding hip pins with multiple holes, augmentation material like liquid bone cement came out of these multiple holes in head and neck of femur and distal interlocking screws.
- the implant assembly mainly comprises of targeting device (41), intramedullary nail (42), proximal sliding hip pin (46), distal locking screw (56) and optional slitted buttress plate (50), slitted washer (57) and barrels (51).
- Targeting device (41) is connected to internally threaded part of thigh end portion or head (43) of Intramedullary nail (42) at compact cannulated connecting end (59) by short compact cannulated threaded connecting bolt (58).
- This targeting device (41) can be made of non radiolucent material to get better strength and reduced cost.
- targeting device (41) comprises of compact cannulated connecting end (59) at upper end , a handle part(60) for holding and manipulation during insertion of nail .block of plurality of parallel proximal holes(38) and block of plurality of distal holes (40) at lower end.
- the axis of the proximal holes (38) of targeting device (41) are making an angle of about 120° to 140° to match neck shaft angle of femur (13) to target corresponding holes in intramedullary nail and at same time the plane of the proximal holes (38) of targeting device (41) is making an angle of about 5° to 20° with the horizontal plane to match ante version angle of femur (16).
- Axis of distal holes (40) of targeting device (41) is making 90° angle with central axis of shaft of femur (11).
- Block of plurality of proximal holes (38) of targeting device (41) and block of plurality of distal holes (40) are in different planes.
- Distance between tip of connecting end(59) of targeting device (41)and proximal holes of targeting device(38) is kept at "X" value ,at same time distance in between proximal holes(38) of targeting device(41) is kept at "Y" value .
- the values of "X” and "Y” are kept in millimeters in such a way that placement of inferior sliding proximal hip pin (61) comes near calcar (10) which contains dense good quality of bone for better fixation and placement of superior proximal sliding hip pin (62) is avoided near superior surface of neck of femur (9) which contains relatively less dense bone. This avoids superior cut through of proximal sliding hip pins from neck and head .Distance between tip of connecting end (59) of targeting device (41) and distal holes (40) of targeting device (41) is kept of "Z" value.
- Value of "Z” is kept in millimeters such that distal holes (40) of targeting device (41) target distal corresponding holes (39) of nail before anterior curvature (18) of femur starts. This makes sure distal interlocking of screws through targeting device (41) in short length version of intramedullary nail (54) without any chance to miss the target due to anterior curvature (18) of shaft of femur. This helps surgeon to avoid harmful fluoroscopic radiation exposure.
- Block of plurality of proximal holes (38) of targeting device is used for both short length version of intramedullary nail (54) and full length version of intramedullary nail (55), while block of plurality of distal holes (40) of targeting device (41) is useful for short length version of intramedullary nails (54) only.
- Fig. 22 shows long blunt intramedullary guide pin (63) which is used to guide the intramedullary nail (42).
- Fig. 23 shows short sharp pointed guide pin (64) to guide cannulated "step drill bit” or “step reamer” for drilling in neck and head of femur and to guide proximal sliding hip pins (41) at final fixation.
- Fig. 22 shows long blunt intramedullary guide pin (63) which is used to guide the intramedullary nail (42).
- Fig. 23 shows short sharp pointed guide pin (64) to guide cannulated "step drill bit” or “step reamer” for drilling in neck and head of femur and to guide proximal sliding hip pins (41) at final fixation.
- Fig. 22 shows long blunt intramedullary guide pin (63) which is used to guide the intramedullary nail (42).
- Fig. 23 shows short sharp pointed guide pin (64) to guide cannulated "step drill bit” or “step reamer” for drilling in neck and head
- FIG. 31 shows set of three telescoping cannulated sleeves (65) of reducing diameter, first outer most larger diameter tissue protection sleeve, second intermediate telescoping drill sleeve to guide cannulated step drill bit or step reamer and third innermost with least diameter telescoping pin sleeve having cannulation to pass guide pin (64) towards direction of neck (2) and head (1), as known to person skilled in art.
- These sleeves are provided for block of proximal holes(38) of targeting device(41) ⁇ to protect soft tissue ,and have precise guided insertion of proximal sliding hip pins(41) through the corresponding proximal holes(37) of intramedullary nail(42).
- Fig 31 shows set of two telescoping cannulated sleeves (66) of reducing diameter.
- First outer large diameter tissue protection sleeve is for tissue protection and telescoping second cannulated small diameter drill sleeve is for solid drill bit.
- These two sleeves are provided for block of distal plurality of holes (40) of targeting device (41) for tissue protection and for precise guided insertion of distal interlocking screws (56).
- Intramedullary nail (42) is cannulated in whole length and comprises of mainly three portions, thigh end portion or head (43) with larger cross section area, intermediate portion or shaft (44) with lesser cross section area than thigh end portion (43) and knee end portion or tail (45) having least cross section area of intramedullary nail (42).
- the wall thickness of intramedullary nail is also reducing gradually from thigh end (43) to knee end (45) he reason behind providing reducing cross section area and wall thickness of intramedullary nail (42), when moving from thigh end (43) to knee end (45) is to match the implant shape with the shape of the intramedullary canal of femur(17)and to match cortical thickness of femur ,which avoids high hoop stress in medullary canal leading to shattering of Greater Trochanter(3) while inserting intramedullary nail (42) in medullary canal(17) his also avoids weakening of bone due to stress shielding effect post operatively.
- Thigh end (43) of intramedullary nail(42) is having relatively smaller diameter which minimize the reaming of bone and removal of bone ,thus preserves more biological tissue required for healing of fracture.
- thigh end(43) of intramedullary nail(42) is making 5° to 9° of angle with intermediate or shaft part (44)of nail which is known as "mediolateral angle"(67)This angle allows surgeon to have entry point of nail at tip of greater trochanter(3),which is relatively easier.
- thigh end (43) of intramedullary nail is having cannulated internally threaded part(68) to adopt connecting end (59)of targeting device(41) with cannulated connecting bolt(58)Thigh end (43) is provided with plurality of parallel proximal holes(37) for cannulated sliding parallel proximal hip pins(46)To match with the anatomic profile of the femur, the axis of the proximal holes (37)of intramedullary nail (42) are making an angle of about 120° to 140° to match neck shaft angle of femur (13) and at same time the plane of the proximal holes(37) of intramedullary nail (42) is making an angle of about 5° to 20° with the horizontal plane of centre of shaft of femur(14) to match ante version angle of femur(16) .
- Shape of proximal holes (37) of intramedullary nail (42) is kept matching with smooth sliding part (53) of proximal hip pins (46).
- shapes of proximal holes(37) of intramedullary nail(42) like, "hexagonal"(69) or “key hole”(70) or other than round which gives better rotation stability between proximal holes(37) of intramedullary nail(42) acting as barrel and sliding part(53) of proximal hip pins(46) are preferable to have rotational stability in between two parts of implant. This helps in limited controlled guided collapse of fracture avoiding malunion of fracture. Diameter of plural proximal holes (37) of intramedullary nail (42) is relatively smaller.
- Plurality of relatively smaller diameter proximal holes (53) of intramedullary nail (42) reduces chances of brakeage of nail on weight bearing in comparison to single large diameter proximal hole (71) in prior art intramedullary nail as shown in Fig.5.
- Intermediate or shaft part (44) of nail differs in short length version (54) and full length version (55) of intramedullary nails (42).
- intramedullary nail intermediate part is having anterior curvature to match the anterior curvature (18) of femur, but do not have holes for distal interlocking screws.
- nail intermediate portion (44) of intramedullary nail (42) is straight and is having plurality of distal locking holes (39) to match with plurality of distal holes (40) of targeting device (41).
- Distance between tip of thigh end (43) of short length version (54) Intramedullary nail (42) and distal holes (39) of intramedullary nail is kept at "Z1" value.
- Value of "Z1" is kept in millimeters such that distal holes (39) of intramedullary nail matches with distal holes (40) of targeting device. This makes sure distal interlocking of screws through targeting device (41) in short length version (54) intramedullary nails without any chance to miss the target due to anterior curvature (18) of shaft of femur.
- distal dynamic hole (72) and distal static hole (73) respectively, as known to person skilled in art.
- distal dynamic holes provide limited vertical collapsibility of fracture on weight bearing by patient as known to person skilled in art.
- Knee end (45)of intramedullary nail(42) is having grooves(74) .which gives it flexibility avoiding stress rising at knee end(45).
- Kneee or distal part(45) of short length version (54) intramedullary nail(42) is having anterior curvature to match anterior curvature(18) of shaft(5) of femur This avoids stress rising and "pointing effect"(35) by tip(34) of knee end(45) of intramedullary nail(42) and thus prevents postoperative thigh pain to patients and complication of fracture of shaft of femur beneath tip(34) of nail later on.
- Intramedullary Nails (42) are of right and left side for different side of femur fractures due to its complete anatomical profile like femur bone.
- proximal sliding hip pin (46) which is cannulated in its whole length which helps surgeon for precise placement in neck (2) and head (1) part of femur guided by short sharp guide pin (64). Diameter of these parallel sliding proximal hip pins (46) is relatively smaller, which requires less reaming and removal of bone from neck (2) and head (1) part of femur.
- Proximal hip pin (46) comprises mainly of three parts namely head part (75), gliding smooth shaft part (53) and triflanged part (47) holding neck and head of femur.
- Head part (75) is having larger diameter than shaft part (53) which does not sink in intact lateral cortex (22) of femur and prevents inadvertent push of hip pin in hip joint This also helps in impaction of fracture gap.
- Gliding smooth shaft part (53) is having outer shape in cross section matching inner shape of proximal holes (37) in intramedullary nail (42).
- Fig.17 and 18 shapes like "Hexagonal"(76) or “Key shape”(77) or. other than round is preferable to have better rotational stability in between two parts of implant for limited guided controlled collapse of fracture avoiding malunion of fracture. As shown in Fig.
- Triflanged part (47) is having scalloped three flat equal surfaces up to 15 mm to 50 mm of span with mores taper to have better grip and rotational stability of proximal fragment of neck(2) and head(1) of femur particularly in osteoporotic bone.
- Triflanged part (47) is having three scalloped relatively flat equal surfaces with central cannualtion(78).As shown in Fig 29 - 34 ,one of the flat surface of triflange part (47) of inferior sliding proximal hip pin (61)gives better rotation stability due to well fit in flat part of calcar(10) of neck(2) .
- triflanged part(47) is having optional multiple small holes(48) of at least 2mm diameter connecting to main cannulation to inject liquid bone cement or other augmentation material(49) to augment the fixation in head and neck part of femur in severely osteoporotic bone.
- Fig. 20 shows distal locking screw (56) which is a conventional locking self tapping screw known to person skilled in art. It prevents rotation of femur on intramedullary nail providing good hold in distal fragment.
- the purpose of providing plurality of distal locking screw (56) is to achieve better rotational stability of fractured distal fragment of femur.
- Fig. 26 shows cannulated end cap (79) which is having threaded part (80) to match with internally threaded part of thigh end (43) of intramedullary nail and head part (81) with larger diameter than threaded part (80), but equal diameter to thigh end (43) of intramedullary nail.
- Threaded part (80) is used to seal the internally threaded part of thigh end (43) of intramedullary nail. This avoids tissue ingrowths in threaded part of thigh end (43) intramedullary nail (42) and helps to remove intramedullary nail easily later on.
- Head part (81) is having variable length from 5mm to 25 mm.
- variable length of cannulated end caps (79) allows to extend the length of intramedullary nail (42)accordingly up to tip of greater trochanter(3). This enhances the fixation of intramedullary nail (42) and makes access of internally threaded part of thigh end (43) of intramedullary nail easy at the time of removal of intramedullary of nail.
- optional washer (57) is of at least 1 mm thickness with slit and it is having internal diameter matching with outer diameter of shaft or sliding part(53) of proximal hip pin (46) and having outer diameter larger than head part (75) of proximal hip pin (46). This avoids sinking in of head part (75) of proximal hip pin(46), when there is small void or crack in lateral cortex (22) of femur. This also helps impaction of fracture gap and as it prevents sinking in of head part (75) of proximal hip pin (46) and thus does not obstruct collapse of fracture.
- optional barrels (51) are cylindrical tubes having at least 1 mm thickness, oblique at both ends, inner diameter and shape is matching with the outer diameter and outer shape of sliding shaft part (53) of proximal smooth pins (46).
- One end of tube may have rim to fit on central large oblong hole (52) of the buttress plate (50).
- These barrels are used with or without buttress plate (50) when there is badly broken lateral cortex (22) of shaft of femur. This helps to provide uniform gliding surface for limited controlled gliding of proximal hip pins (46) leading to collapse of fracture and healing of fracture on weight bearing by patient.
- optional buttress plate(50) is of at least 2mm thickness, curved, broad, contourable, matching the shape of lower part of greater trochanter (3)and lateral cortex(22) of shaft of femur comprising short transverse upper part(82) and lower long vertical part(83).
- Upper transverse part (82) is curved having at least two holes for its fastening by screws with greater trochanter (3).
- Lower long vertical part(83) is having reducing transverse diameter from proximal to distal part having narrow obtuse end(84) .
- Purpose of narrow obtuse end(84) is for easy sliding of buttress plate(50) on lateral cortex(22) of femur from small incision made for entry of intramedullary nail(42) from tip of greater trochanter(3).
- Lower long vertical part (83) of buttress plate (50) is having at least two central large holes(52) for proximal sliding hip pins and at least two small holes in lower part for cortical screws(85).
- Shape and diameter of central large holes (52) are matching with the outer shape and diameter of sliding smooth shaft part (53) of proximal hip pins (46).
- Central large holes are having slit (86) on one of the border of at least 2 millimeter for easy positioning of buttress plate (50) on guide pin (64).
- this buttress plate (50) is used as shown in Fig.30. This provides lateral buttress support and side platform to proximal fragment and helps to maintain anatomic reduction and prevents uncontrolled unwanted collapse of fracture and prevents inadvertent migration of hip pins in hip joint leading to pain, shortening of limb and limp to patient.
- Stainless steel or titanium is preferred materials for the implant.
- an aperture is made at tip of greater trochanter(3) in direction and connecting it to intramedullary canal(17).
- a long blunt medullary guide pin(63) is passed from this aperture down across the fracture line up to lower part of intramedullary canal (17)and its position is checked with imaging device .
- cannulated flexible reamers appropriate reaming of intramedullary canal done over this guide pin(63) in a manner known to person skilled in art.
- Intramedullary nail (42) is mounted on targeting device (41) according to the left or right side with the help of (temporary) cannulated connecting bolt (58)Then mounted intramedullary nail (42) with targeting device (41) is checked outside whether the proximal sliding hip pins (46) and distal locking screws (56) are inserted properly inside proximal holes (37) of nail and distal holes of nail (39) respectively or not. Now the intramedullary nail (42) mounted with targeting device (41) is inserted on guide pin (63) in prepared intramedullary canal (17) by gentle push and rotatory movement with the help of handle part (60) of targeting device (41) in downward direction.
- sharp short guide pins(64) are passed through pin sleeve from lateral cortex(22) to neck(2) and head(1) part of femur passing through center of proximal holes(37)of intramedullary nail(42) in position in medullary canal(17), making an angle of 120° to 140° to central axis of shaft of femur(11) to match neck shaft angle (13)and a the same time making an angle of 5° to 20° with horizontal plane of centre of shaft of femur(14) to match angle of antevrsion(16)
- At least two parallel guide pins (64) passed one inferior near dense calcar(10) part of neck and one superior at the centre of neck in anteroposterior plane imaging and in lateral plane imaging both should be in the centre in of neck and head part.
- Step drill or step reamer is containing two diameter : a smaller diameter of span corresponding span and root diameter of the triflanged part of proximal hip pin (46) for better fixation of triflanged part in head and neck of femur ; and a larger diameter which is equal to the diameter of the smooth sliding portion (53)of proximal hip pin (46) for easy sliding of proximal hip pin(46) in proximal holes(37) of intramedullary nail(42) leading to post operative compression of fragments on weight bearing by patient.
- proximal hip pins (46) After making appropriate drill hole in head and neck guided on guide pin (64), length of proximal hip pins (46) measured. Now drill sleeve is removed and measured length proximal hip pin (46) is inserted on guide pin (64) through tissue protection sleeve by gentle hammering on insertion tool .As gentle hammering is done triflanged part (47) having mores taper gets better grip and large diameter head part (75) of proximal hip pin (46) touching the lateral cortex(22) pushes the lateral fragment towards fragment having neck (2) and head (1) part of femur ,thus by impaction reduces fracture gap during operation and improves bone to bone contact for better healing.
- buttress plate (50) in buttress plate (50) are positioned on guide pins (64) through slit (86) in these holes.
- barrels (51) passed from central large holes of plate.
- proximal hip pins are passed through these barrels (51) having internal surface matching with outer surface of sliding part (53) of proximal hip pins (46).
- head part (75) of hip pin passing through buttress plate (50) allows impaction of fracture as buttress plate (50) supports broken lateral cortex (22) well.
- cortical screws (85) are applied to lateral cortex (22) of femur.
- Upper transverse part (82) of buttress plate (50) is fastened with greater trochanter (3) by screws or any other anchoring device known to person skilled in art.
- triflange proximal hip pins with multiple holes is used to get augmentation of fixation as shown in Fig.34.
- liquid bone cement or other augmentation material (49) is injected to central cannulation (78) of proximal hip pins by suitable syringe like apparatus.
- augmentation material (49) will pour out in head (1) and neck and head(1) part of femur making bondage to give better fixation.
- distal locking screws (56) are passed through distal block of holes (40) in targeting device without the fluoroscopic radiation exposure to surgeon.
- set of two telescoping sleeves (66) passed through distal holes (40) of targeting device (41) and are pushed touching the lateral cortex (22) of shaft (5)of femur through small skin incision and small cut in fascia lata.
- Drill hole is made with solid drill bit passing through drill sleeve from lateral cortex (22) to passing through distal holes (39) in the nail and then making hole in medial cortex (21). Measured length distal interlocking screws (56) are passed to give desired rotational stability. In case of full length version (55) of intramedullary nail distal locking is done with the help of fluoroscopy by "free hand method "known to person skilled in art. After final fixation targeting device (41) is disconnected by unscrewing connecting bolt (58). Now cannulated end cap (79) of suitable length is threaded to internally threaded part of thigh end (43) intramedullary nail (42) to seal it.
- Postoperatively patients are allowed to have pain oriented weight bearing .
- Initially implant takes full load of different forces acting on femur and it reacts effectively by allowing limited controlled collapse of fracture gap by sliding of proximal hip pins (46) leading to early bone to bone contact and healing. In this way, gradually the implant diverts the above said load to fractured femur bone stimulating healing of femur bone without any post operative setbacks.
- An implant assembly for proximal femur fracture of the present invention is biomechanically a superior method of treating a wide range of femoral fracture patterns, such as a wide range of femoral fracture patterns, such as combination neck/shaft fractures, any type of femoral neck fracture, intertrochanteric fractures, subtrochanteric fractures, severely comminuted shaft fractures, reconstruction of the femoral shaft, allograft reconstruction of the femoral shaft after tumor resection, and leg lengthening.
- femoral fracture patterns such as a wide range of femoral fracture patterns, such as combination neck/shaft fractures, any type of femoral neck fracture, intertrochanteric fractures, subtrochanteric fractures, severely comminuted shaft fractures, reconstruction of the femoral shaft, allograft reconstruction of the femoral shaft after tumor resection, and leg lengthening.
- Other uses will be recognized by those skilled in the art.
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