Expandable mid-foot osteotomy devices, systems, and methods for treating mid-foot disorders
AssigneesApex Orthopedics Holdings, LLC, Innovative Midfoot Solutions, Inc.
InventorMurray J. Penner
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for surgical treatment of mid-foot disorders such as osteoarthritis, spacing disorders, or alignment disorders, including mid-foot arthroplasty devices and systems for the 2nd and 3rd tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint, implants for post-osteotomy spacing and realignment, arthroplasty articular implants, dowel grafts for TMT arthrodesis or fusion, dowel grafts for navicular cuneiform (NC) arthrodesis, dowel grafts for intercuneiform arthrodesis, and/or locking dowels for joint fusion.
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A mid-foot osteotomy device, comprising a biocompatible implant having a wedge shape member having a first lateral planar surface, a second lateral planar surface, a dorsal aspect, and a plantar aspect, an inflation chamber formed between the first lateral planar surface and the second lateral planar surface, a central opening passing laterally through each of the first lateral planar surface and the second lateral planar surface, and means for fixation and compression of two opposing mid-foot bone tissue surfaces through the central annular opening, the wedge-shaped member has an angular taper formed between the first lateral planar surface and the second lateral planar surface and along an entire longitudinal axis of the wedge-shape member, wherein the angular taper is expandable between a pre-implant angle at the dorsal aspect and a post-implant angle at the dorsal aspect under the influence of a fluid input to the inflation chamber, and the post-implant angle at the dorsal aspect is greater than the pre-implant angle at the dorsal aspect such that the first lateral planar surface and the second lateral planar surface are each configured to abut substantially planar bone surfaces of a surgically cut mid-foot bone and provide angular correction thereto.
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