Devices and Methods for Positioning of an Implant
AssigneeStryker European Operations Holdings LLC
InventorsAndreas Wiederkehr, Katja Stucki, Matthias Paulisch, Alex Trompeter
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Abstract
A device for positioning a bone plate includes a body having a first end having a first curved portion and a second end having a second curved portion. Each curved portion terminates at an abutment. Each abutment has a first diameter and the curved portions have a second diameter less than the first diameter. The first end secures the positioning device to a bone plate and the second end secures the positioning device to a soft tissue elevator.
Claims19
A device for positioning a bone plate comprising:
- a body having a first end having a first curved portion and a second end having a second curved portion, each curved portion terminating at an abutment,
- wherein each abutment has a first diameter and the curved portions have a second diameter less than the first diameter.
A system for positioning a bone plate on a bone, the system comprising:
- a soft tissue elevator for clearing soft tissue in a canal of the bone;
- a bone plate;
- and
- a device for positioning the plate, the device having a first end having a first curved portion and a second end having two second curved portions, the device being attachable at the first end to the bone plate and at the second end to the soft tissue elevator.
A method of positioning a bone plate on a bone, the method comprising:
- inserting a soft tissue elevator into a first incision;
- moving the soft tissue elevator in a first direction along the bone to a second incision;
- attaching a first end of a positioning device to a bone plate by attaching a first abutment of a first curved portion of the positioning device to the bone plate;
- attaching a second end, opposite the first end, of the positioning device to the soft tissue elevator by attaching a second abutment of a second curved portion of the positioning device to the soft tissue elevator;
- and
- pulling the soft tissue elevator in a second direction, opposite the first direction, such that the positioning device and the bone plate are also pulled in the second direction,
- wherein the first and the second abutments have a first diameter and the curved portions have a second diameter less than the first diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.