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US 10,058,431 B2Granted
Small joint fixation
AssigneeTyber Medical LLC
InventorsJeffrey Tyber, Rui Ferreira, Christopher Faresich, Donald Buss
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Abstract
Disclosed is a medical device having a first implant portion having a proximal end, a second implant portion connected to the first implant portion, the second implant portion having a distal end, and a driver assembly removably connected to the distal end, the driver assembly comprising a drill connected to the distal end at a connection.
Claims18
A method of joining adjacent bone structures comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a medical device having:
- a first implant portion;
- a second implant portion attached to the first implant portion;
- and
- a driver assembly having an instrument adapted to form an opening in bone, the driver assembly being integrally connected to and removably attached to the second implant portion at a connection, distal from the first implant portion;
- (b) placing the first implant portion against a first bone structure;
- (c) inserting the first implant portion into the first bone structure;
- (d) snapping the second implant portion from the driver assembly;
- (e) using the driver assembly to form an opening in a second bone structure, adjacent to the first bone structure;
- and
- (f) inserting the second implant portion into the opening.
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A method of joining adjacent bone structures comprising the steps of:
- (a) separating a first bone segment from a second bone segment;
- (b) using an assembly comprising a fixation device integrally connected to but separable from a driver assembly at a connection, the fixation device having a first implant portion at a proximal end and a second implant portion at a distal end and the second implant portion being connected to the driver assembly, the driver assembly including a drill adapted to form an opening in bone;
- (c) inserting the first implant portion into the second first bone segment;
- (d) breaking the driver assembly away from the second implant portion at the connection;
- (e) using the drill to drill a first passage into the second bone segment;
- and
- (f) inserting the second implant portion into the first passage.
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A method of joining adjacent bone structures comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a monolithic medical device having:
- a first implant portion;
- a second implant portion attached to the first implant portion;
- and
- a driver assembly removably attached to the second implant portion at a connection, distal from the first implant portion;
- (b) placing the first implant portion against a first bone structure;
- (c) using a driver device attached to the driver assembly, inserting the first implant portion into the first bone structure;
- (d) separating the second implant portion from the driver assembly;
- (e) with the driver device still attached to the driver assembly, using the driver assembly to form an opening in a second bone structure, adjacent to the first bone structure;
- and
- (f) inserting the second implant portion into the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.