Fracture Fixation System

Abstract: a fracture fixation system includes a fixation element and a peg. the fixation element has a plate and a barrel, the plate having an outer surface and an inner surface for placement against an exterior surface of a bone, and the barrel extending along a barrel axis and having a peripheral wall protruding from the inner surface of the plate, the fixation element defining a passage through the plate and the barrel that extends along the barrel axis, wherein at least a portion of an inner surface of the peripheral wall of the barrel has a figure-8 shape in a plane perpendicular to the barrel axis. the monolithic peg extends along a peg axis and is configured for insertion into the passage, wherein a body of the peg has an outer surface defining a figure-8 shape in a plane perpendicular to the peg axis.

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A61B17/746: Devices for the head {or neck or trochanter} of the femur {(trochanteric devices connected to the proximal part of an endoprosthetic femoral shaft ; endoprosthetic internal fixation devices for the head or neck of the femur )}

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