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US 2025/0099144 A1Published application
Rib Fracture Fixation Device and Methods for Use Thereof
AssigneeSanford Health
InventorsSteven Briggs, Patrick W. Kelly
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Abstract
The disclosure provides example methods, systems and apparatus for stabilization of a rib. An example method includes: (a) accessing a medullary canal of a rib having a fracture, (b) advancing a guidewire into the medullary canal across the fracture, (c) advancing a delivery catheter containing a stent over the guidewire into the medullary canal and across the fracture, (d) retracting the delivery catheter relative to the stent, and (e) expanding the stent in the medullary canal.
Claims21
(canceled).
An apparatus, comprising:
- a drill bit having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the drill bit has threads disposed along a length of the first portion, wherein the second portion of the drill bit has a plurality of notches along a length of the second portion, the plurality of notches configured to permit detachment from a drill upon application of a force to the drill bit such that a fracture is caused along one of the plurality of notches, wherein the first portion of the drill bit and one or more notches of the second portion of the drill bit are configured to remain in a medullary canal of a rib.
A system, comprising:
- a rib plate having a first portion and a second portion each having a plurality of holes therethrough and a third portion arranged between the first portion and the second portion;
- a porous tube that has two open ends and a protuberance arranged between the two ends that extends from an exterior surface of the porous tube, wherein the third portion of the rib plate has a hole configured to receive the protuberance of the porous tube;
- and
- bone graft disposed in a lumen of the porous tube.
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A method, comprising:
- creating a first access hole through a cortex of a rib on a first side of a fracture to a medullary canal of the rib;
- advancing a first portion of a first drill bit through the first access hole into the medullary canal across the fracture to a position distal to the fracture in the medullary canal wherein the first drill bit has a plurality of notches configured to permit detachment from a drill;
- applying a force to the first drill bit and thereby causing a fracture along one of the plurality of notches;
- and
- detaching a second portion of the first drill bit from the first portion of the first drill bit in the medullary canal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.