Patents Assigned to Richard F. Kyle
  • Orthopedic hip fixation device
    Patent number: 4438762
    Abstract: An apparatus useful in reduction of fractures in the vicinity of the neck of the femur comprising a lag screw for being threadably received in or adjacent the head of the femur, and extending through the neck of the femur, an annular sleeve telescopingly receiving the shaft of the lag screw, with means capturing the lag screw within the sleeve for limited telescoping movement therein, and a trochanteric plate for securement to adjacent cortex portions of the femur is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Richard F. Kyle
    Inventor: Richard F. Kyle