Nail Assembly And Insertion - Zimmer Biomet Zimmer Natural Nail Manual

10 | Zimmer Natural Nail – Cephalomedullary Asia Nail Surgical Technique
Figure 9

Nail Assembly and Insertion

The color code for the Cephalomedullary Nail is
blue. Ti-6Al-4V alloy nails, the targeting guide and
the connecting bolt all have blue colors on them, as
well as the word BLUE on them.
The targeting guide Asia can be used for Asia and
long nails.
Place the connecting bolt through the barrel of the
targeting guide. The arrow on the nail (with an R for
a Right Nail or an L for a Left Nail) will line up with
the arrow on the barrel of the guide when the nail is
correctly aligned (Figure 9).
Figure 10
Begin threading the connecting bolt (by hand or
using the connecting bolt inserter) into the proximal
portion of the nail. Orient the proximal portion of
the nail so that the slots in the nail match up with the
corresponding tines on the barrel of the targeting
guide. Completely tighten the connecting bolt
using the connection bolt inserter to secure the nail
to the guide (Figure 10 and Figure 11).
Figure 11