Background:
Management of long bone fractures in large animals is always difficult, especially more proximal bones such as femur; as external fixation does not provide stable fixation and internal fixation is difficult due to heavy muscular coverage around the bone. Commonly available internal fixation implants in the market are developed for human use, which are not adequate for fixation in large bovines. Interlocking nailing is one of the advanced internal fixation techniques with several mechanical advantages; however, the interlocking nail designed specifically for femur bone of large ruminants (cattle and buffaloes) is not available for ready clinical use. Technology Details:
Tubular Interlocking Nail with locking bolts developed at IVRI was found effective for the treatment of femur fractures in both in vitro and in vivo studies. The tubular interlocking nail may have large market potential as no such device is available for large animal use; once made available a large number of veterinary surgeons from different veterinary colleges, polyclinics and private veterinary practitioners may use the nail in routine large animal clinical practice to treat complex fractures of femur which are otherwise difficult to treat.