Jig assembly for implantation of a fracture fixation device

   
   

A jig assembly includes a jig having an elevated first portion having holes or slots to align a drill with screw holes in an intramedullary portion of a fixation device, and a lower second portion having openings in axial alignment with holes on a plate portion of the fixation device. The jig may be locked relative to the fixation device. The jig assembly further includes one or more of sleeves, drill guides and gauges for facilitating the drilling of appropriate holes into bone both beneath and above the fixation device.

 
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