Bone fixation device and method of use
AssigneeAdditive Orthopaedics, LLC
InventorsSelene G. PAREKH, Gregory J. KOWALCZYK, Brian R. MCLAUGHLIN
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Abstract
There is an implant, comprising a plate portion at a first end, and a stem portion at a second end extending away from an end of the plate portion. In one embodiment, the plate portion comprises a first lobe with a first screw hole; and a second lobe with a second screw hole, wherein the first lobe is adjacent to the second lobe. There is also method of inserting an implant, comprising preparing a patient's bones, performing an osteotomy on the patient's bones to form a first bone segment and a second bone segment, aligning the first bone segment and the second bone segment and inserting an implant into an intramedullary canal in the second bone segment.
Claims16
An implant, comprising:
- a plate portion at a first end;
- and
- a stem portion at a second end extending away from an end of the plate portion.
A method of inserting an implant, comprising:
- preparing a patient's bones;
- performing an osteotomy on the patient's bones to form a first bone segment and a second bone segment;
- aligning the first bone segment and the second bone segment;
- inserting an implant into an intramedullary canal in the second bone segment;
- drilling at least one hole into the first bone segment through an opening in the implant;
- inserting at least one bone fastener through the opening in the implant and into the hole in the first bone segment;
- shaving off a bony overhang of the second bone segment to expose a plate center opening;
- drilling a third hole in the second bone segment through the plate center opening;
- inserting a bone fastener into the second bone segment through the plate center opening;
- and
- completing the surgical procedure by closing an incision in the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.