# US 2016/0256203 A1 · Bone compression device and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0256203 A1 - Document ID: US20160256203A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/058,695 - Filed: 2016-03-02 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-03 - Assignees: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. - Applicants: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. - Inventors: Matthew P. Gephart - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160256203A1 ## CPC - A61B 17/808: {Instruments for holding or positioning bone plates, or for adjusting screw-to-plate locking mechanisms} - A61B 17/1728: {for holes for bone plates or plate screws} - A61B 17/8004: {with means for distracting or compressing the bone or bones} - A61B 17/8085: {with pliable or malleable elements or having a mesh-like structure, e.g. small strips (A61B17/8071, A61B17/8076 take precedence)} - A61B 17/8645: {Headless screws, e.g. ligament interference screws} - A61B 17/8863: {Apparatus for shaping or cutting osteosynthesis equipment by medical personnel} - A61B 17/0642: {for bones, e.g. for osteosynthesis or connecting tendon to bone} - A61B 2017/00867: {shape memory effect} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract In one form, a bone compression device is provided having a shape-retentive bone plate with an initial, unflexed configuration and a flexed configuration. The bone plate may be shifted to the flexed configuration and secured to bones using bone screws of the bone compression device. Once the bone plate has been secured to the bones, the bone plate returns toward its unflexed configuration which compresses the bones. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A surgical kit comprising: a plurality of bone anchors; a bone plate having bone anchor receiving portions with through openings sized to receive the bone anchors, the bone plate having a flexed configuration and an unflexed configuration; a plurality of elongated manipulators having distal end portions configured to be connected to the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate and proximal end portions opposite the distal end portions; and cannulas of the manipulators extending between the distal and proximal end portions thereof and being aligned with the through bores of the bone plate when the distal end portions of the manipulators are connected to the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate, the cannulas being sized to permit the bone anchors to be advanced through the cannulas and into the through bores of the bone plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 wherein the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate include lobes and the distal end portions of the manipulators includes sockets sized to receive the lobes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 wherein each of the manipulators includes a fulcrum portion and a leverage portion spaced apart from each other on opposite sides of the cannula of the manipulator, the fulcrum portion being configured to contact an upper surface of one of the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate and the leverage portion being configured to contact a lower surface of the one bone anchor receiving portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 wherein the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate include lips and the distal end portions of the manipulators include side walls with openings therein sized to receive the lips of the bone anchor receiving portions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 wherein the bone plate bone anchor receiving portions include lobes and the bone plate includes a narrowed, intermediate portion extending between the lobes; and the distal end portions of the manipulators include sockets sized to receive the lobes of the bone plate and the sockets include notches that receive the intermediate portion of the bone plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 wherein the bone plate bone anchor receiving portions include lobes and the manipulator distal end portions include sockets sized to receive the lobes with the lobes and sockets being configured to form a mating, non-rotatable fit when the distal end portions of the manipulators are connected to the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 wherein the bone plate includes a resilient intermediate portion connecting the bone anchor receiving portions and the intermediate portion has a straight shape with the bone plate in the flexed configuration thereof and a bent shape with the bone plate in the unflexed configuration thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 wherein the unflexed configuration of the bone plate orients the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate to extend transverse to each other and the flexed configuration of the bone plate orients the bone anchor receiving portions of the bone plate to be coplanar with each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The surgical kit of claim 1 further comprising a restraint having portions configured to be connected to the manipulators. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The surgical kit of claim 9 wherein the portions of the restraint include openings sized to receive the proximal portions of the manipulators. ### Claim 11 A method of stabilizing a plurality of bones, the method comprising: pivoting manipulators connected to a bone plate to flex the bone plate; positioning the flexed bone plate adjacent bones; guiding bone anchors into through bores of the bone plate using the manipulators; and securing the flexed bone plate to the bones with the bone anchors. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein guiding the bone anchors into the through bores of the bone plate using the manipulators includes advancing the bone anchors through cannulas of the manipulators and into the through bores of the bone plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein the manipulators are connected to end portions of the bone plate having the through bores therein; and pivoting the manipulators to flex the bone plate includes flexing an intermediate portion of the bone plate between the end portions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein pivoting the manipulators to flex the bone plate includes reconfiguring the bone plate from a bent configuration to a substantially flat configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein pivoting the manipulators connected to the bone plate to flex the bone plate includes engaging distal portions of the manipulators with notched profiles of the bone plate and shifting proximal handle portions of the manipulators together. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein positioning the flexed bone plate adjacent the bones using the manipulators includes positioning the bone plate using the manipulators while lobes of the bone plate are received in openings of the manipulators and the bone plate lobes and manipulators form mating, non-rotatable connections therebetween. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein the manipulators are elongated and pivoting the manipulators to flex the bone plate includes pivoting the manipulators from a first orientation wherein the manipulators extend transverse to each other to a second orientation wherein the manipulators extend substantially parallel to each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 further comprising connecting a restraint to the manipulators to fix the manipulators relative to each other while positioning the flexed bone plate adjacent the bones and guiding the bone anchors into the through bores of the bone plate using the manipulator. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18 further comprising disconnecting the restraint from the manipulators to permit the manipulators to move relative to each other and be disconnected from the bone plate. ### Claim 20 A method of stabilizing a plurality of bones, the method comprising: positioning a deformed bone plate adjacent bones using manipulators connected to the deformed bone plate; advancing bone anchors through cannulas of the manipulators connected to the deformed bone plate and into through bores of the deformed bone plate; and driving the bone anchors into the bones to secure the deformed bone plate to the bones. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 wherein positioning the deformed bone plate adjacent the bones using the manipulators includes keeping the cannulas of the manipulators aligned with the through bores of the deformed bone plate. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 wherein positioning the deformed bone plate adjacent the bones using the manipulators includes maintaining end portions of the deformed bone plate having the through bores therein at least partially within openings of the manipulators. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 further comprising deforming the bone plate by moving the manipulators relative to each other. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The method of claim 23 wherein deforming the bone plate includes reconfiguring the bone plate from a bent configuration to a substantially flat configuration. ### Claim 25 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 further comprising disconnecting the manipulators from the deformed bone plate and permitting the deformed bone plate to urge the bones together. ### Claim 26 (depends on 20) The method claim 20 further comprising fixing the manipulators relative to each other and keeping the manipulators fixed relative to each other and connected to the deformed bone plate while positioning the deformed bone plate adjacent the bones and advancing bone anchors through the cannulas of the manipulators. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26 wherein fixing the manipulators relative to each other includes connecting a restraint to the manipulators. ### Claim 28 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 wherein advancing the bone anchors through cannulas of the manipulators and into the through bores of the deformed bone plate includes connecting a driver instrument to one of the bone anchors and advancing the connected driver and bone anchor through the cannula of one of the manipulators. ### Claim 29 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 further comprising providing the deformed bone plate, wherein providing the deformed bone plate includes chilling the bone plate.