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US 2017/0245904 A1Published application
System for treating bone fractures
AssigneeRTZ Consulting, LLC
InventorsRaymond B. Raven, III, Dan A. Zlotolow
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a bone fixation system includes a plate having a first opening a beam configured to traverse through the first opening and reside proximate to a subchondral fragment of bone in an installed position. The beam may be operable to rotate about an axis of rotation proximate to the first opening and reposition the subchondral fragment of bone.
Claims26
1-57. (canceled)
A radius fixation plate, comprising:
- a body portion configured to conform to a radius bone between a first extensor compartment and a second extensor compartment and dimensioned such that the body portion does not violate the first extensor compartment or the second extensor compartment;
- a first opening through the body portion, the first opening configured to receive a first fixation device, wherein the first fixation device is configured to traverse through the first opening and engage at least part of a radial styloid of the radius bone;
- a second opening through the body portion, the second opening configured to receive a second fixation device, wherein the second fixation device is configured to traverse through the second opening and engage at least part of a subchondral region of the radius bone;
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- a third opening through the body portion, the third opening configured to receive a third fixation device, wherein the third fixation device is configured to traverse through the third opening and engage at least part of a subchondral region of the radius bone.
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A method for providing fixation to a radial styloid, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plate between a first extensor compartment and a second extensor compartment of a radius bone such that the plate does not violate the first extensor compartment or the second extensor compartment;
- inserting a first fixation device through a first opening of the plate to engage at least part of a radial styloid of the radius bone;
- inserting a second fixation device through a second opening of the plate to engage at least part of a subchondral region of the radius bone;
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- inserting a third fixation device through a third opening of the plate to engage at least part of a subchondral region of the radius bone.
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An ulnar fixation plate, comprising:
- a head portion configured to conform to a volar side of an ulnar bone proximate to an ulnar head of the ulnar bone, the head portion including (i) a first head portion opening configured to receive a first fixation device along a first axis, wherein the first head portion opening is oriented relative to the head portion such that the first axis projects through the ulnar bone and projects between a fifth extensor compartment and a sixth extensor compartment when the head portion is positioned proximate to the volar side of the ulnar bone, (ii) a second head portion opening configured to receive a second fixation device along a second axis, wherein the second head portion opening is oriented relative to the head portion such that the second axis projects through the ulnar bone, wherein the second axis is skew to the first axis, and (iii) a shaft portion coupled to the head portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to conform to the volar side of the ulnar bone proximate to a shaft of the ulnar bone, the shaft portion comprising at least one shaft portion opening configured to receive a third fixation device.
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A method for providing fixation to an ulnar styloid of an ulnar bone, comprising the steps of:
- inserting a Kirschner wire through the ulnar styloid to provide provisional fixation to the ulnar bone;
- providing a plate proximate to the ulnar bone by allowing the Kirschner wire to pass through a first opening of the plate;
- inserting a second fixation device through a second opening of the plate to engage the ulnar bone;
- removing the Kirschner wire from the ulnar bone and the ulnar styloid;
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- inserting a first fixation device through the first opening to engage the ulnar bone.
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82-120. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.