Clavicle bending templates
AssigneeBiomet Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsDaniel D. Fritzinger, Robert J. Taylor
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Abstract
A reference guide tool for conforming a bone plate can include a series of bone templates, each having a distinct three-dimensional shape that replicates portions of various clavicles. Each bone template of the series of bone templates can have a plate engaging surface that is configured to engage a bone plate and provide a reference for the bone plates during structural modification of the bone plate.
Claims20
A reference guide tool for conforming a bone plate comprising:
- a series of bone templates each having a distinct three-dimensional shape that replicates portions of various clavicles wherein each bone template of the series of bone templates has a plate engaging surface configured to engage a bone plate and provide a reference for the bone plate during structural modification of the bone plate.
A reference guide tool for conforming a bone plate comprising:
- a series of bone templates each having a distinct three-dimensional shape that replicates portions of various clavicles;
- and
- a base that collectively secures each bone template of the series of bone templates in a fixed position relative to each other, wherein each bone template of the series of bone templates has a plate engaging surface configured to engage a bone plate and provide a reference for the bone plate during structural modification of the bone plate.
A method for conforming a bone plate for implantation against a clavicle, the method comprising:
- determining a geometry of the clavicle;
- selecting a corresponding bone template from a series of bone templates based on the determined geometry of the clavicle, the series of bone templates each having a distinct three-dimensional shape that replicates portions of various clavicles, wherein each bone template of the series of bone templates has a plate engaging surface configured to engage a bone plate;
- selecting a bone plate;
- placing the bone plate against the plate engaging surface;
- structurally modifying the bone plate while referencing the plate engaging surface of the selected bone template;
- and
- implanting the structurally modified bone plate onto a clavicle of a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.