A non-bioabsorbable, implantable device designed to be inserted into fractured bone to achieve fixation and repair; the device may also be used to attach/secure structures (e.g., ligaments/tendons) to bone, or to reduce/cease bone growth in skeletal deformi...
A cylindrical rod used preoperatively as a precision guide to align an orthopaedic implant aiming arm with, e.g., an intramedullary bone nail (femoral, humeral, and tibial) that will be implanted. It is inserted through the guiding locking holes of the adju...