US 10,245,086 B2 · Bone plating kit for foot and ankle applications

Abstract

A bone plate kit may be provided for a foot or ankle orthopedic procedure, such as a lapidus procedure. In some examples, the bone plate kit includes a sterile container that holds multiple unicortical bone plate fasteners and one or more bone plates. For example, the kit may contain two bone plates configured to be used together during a tarsal-metatarsal fusion procedure. Each of the two bone plates may be configured to span different regions of a tarsal-metatarsal joint. The unicortical bone plate fasteners can be used to secure the two bone plates to the first metatarsal and medial cuneiform of a patient undergoing a procedure. In some configurations, one of the bone plates is a helical bone plate while the other bone plate may or may not be a helical bone plate.

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Dependent claims

A disposable single-use surgical kit for a foot or ankle orthopedic procedure comprising:

a sterile container;
a plurality of unicortical bone plate fasteners included in the sterile container;
and
at least one bone plate but no more than four bone plates included in the sterile container, each bone plate comprising:
a body having a top surface and a bone facing surface opposite the top surface;
and
a first fixation hole extending through the body from the top surface to the bone facing surface and configured for receiving one of the plurality of unicortical bone plate fasteners included in the sterile container,
wherein at least one bone plate of the at least one but no more than four bone plates comprises the body extending from a proximal region to a distal region and having a helical curvature between the proximal region and the distal region.

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A method for performing a surgical operation, the method comprising the steps of:

removing a plurality of bone plate fasteners from a sterile container, wherein each one of the plurality of bone plate fasteners comprises a head and a shaft, and wherein the shaft of each one of the plurality of bone plate fasteners consists of one of a first length, a second length, a third length, and a fourth length, and further wherein the diameter of each one of the plurality of bone plate fasteners consists of one of a first diameter, a second diameter, a third diameter, or a fourth diameter, and there are no other lengths or diameters of bone plate fasteners within the sterile container;
removing at least one and no more than four bone plates from the sterile container, the at least one and no more than four bone plates each comprising:
a body having a top surface and a bone facing surface opposite the top surface;
and
a first fixation hole extending through the body from the top surface to the bone facing surface and configured for receiving one of the plurality of bone plate fasteners;
contacting a bone with the at least one and no more than four bone plates removed from the sterile container;
and
inserting one of the plurality of bone plate fasteners removed from the sterile container through the first fixation hole and into the bone,
wherein removing at least one and no more than four bone plates comprises removing a bone plate comprising the body extending from a proximal region to a distal region and having a helical curvature between the proximal region and the distal region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bone plating kit for foot and ankle applications

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Bone plating kit for foot and ankle applications

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