Devices and methods for positioning of an implant
AssigneeStryker European Operations Holdings LLC
InventorsAndreas Wiederkehr, Katja Stucki, Matthias Paulisch, Alex Trompeter
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Abstract
A device for positioning a bone plate includes a body having a first end having a first curved portion and a second end having a second curved portion. Each curved portion terminates at an abutment. Each abutment has a first diameter and the curved portions have a second diameter less than the first diameter. The first end secures the positioning device to a bone plate and the second end secures the positioning device to a soft tissue elevator.
Claims19
A device for positioning a bone plate comprising:
- a body having a first end having a first curved portion and a second end having a second curved portion, each curved portion terminating at an abutment, the first and second ends being part of a single monolithic structure,
- wherein each abutment has a first diameter and the curved portions have a second diameter less than the first diameter, each abutment facing in the same direction.
A system for positioning a bone plate on a bone, the system comprising:
- a soft tissue elevator for clearing soft tissue in a canal of the bone;
- a bone plate;
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- a device for positioning the plate, the device having a first end having a first curved portion and a second end having two second curved portions, the first and second ends being part of a single monolithic structure, the device being attachable at the first end to the bone plate and at the second end to the soft tissue elevator, each end facing in the same direction.
A method of positioning a bone plate on a bone, the method comprising:
- inserting a soft tissue elevator into a first incision;
- moving the soft tissue elevator in a first direction along the bone to a second incision;
- attaching a first end of a positioning device to a bone plate by attaching a first abutment of a first curved portion of the positioning device to the bone plate;
- attaching a second end, opposite the first end, of the positioning device to the soft tissue elevator by attaching a second abutment of a second curved portion of the positioning device to the soft tissue elevator;
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- pulling the soft tissue elevator in a second direction, opposite the first direction, such that the positioning device and the bone plate are also pulled in the second direction,
- wherein the first and second ends are part of a single monolithic structure and the first and the second abutments have a first diameter and the curved portions have a second diameter less than the first diameter, each abutment facing in the same direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.