Compression plate kit and methods for repairing bone discontinuities
AssigneeOrthopro LLC
InventorCraig Schelling
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Abstract
A compression plate kit that allows for manual compression of a bone discontinuity includes a bone plate, two or more reduction screws, and a compression clamp. The compression clamp can include engagement members configured to engage the reduction screws, thereby allowing a practitioner to compress a bone discontinuity by manually closing the compression clamp. One or more implementations of a kit of the present invention can provide a practitioner with physical or tactile feedback during the compression of a bone discontinuity, and thus, provide the practitioner with the ability to better control the compression and spacing of bone portions during a reduction.
Claims7
1-14. (canceled)
The kit of claim 14, further comprising a first pivot pin extending through said first hole and within a channel of said first hook, wherein said first pivot pin limits a range of motion within which said first hook can pivot with respect to said first lever.
A method of surgically repairing bone, comprising:
- securing a first reduction fastener within a first fixation hole of a bone plate and to a first bone portion;
- securing a second reduction fastener within an elongated slide channel of said bone plate and to a second bone portion;
- positioning a first engagement member of a compression clamp about a head of said first reduction fastener;
- positioning a second engagement member of said compression clamp about a head of said second reduction fastener;
- closing said compression clamp thereby drawing said second reduction fastener and the second bone portion along said elongated slide channel toward said first reduction fastener and the first bone portion;
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- securing a fixation fastener within a second fixation hole of said bone plate and to the second bone portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.