US 2026/0144582 A1 · MULTI-LUMEN CANNULA AND METHODS OF USING OF SAME

Abstract

Disclosed herein are components, systems, and methods to guide and support temporary bone fixators on either side of an implant. The temporary bone fixators are securable within a fragment of a fractured bone enabling a force to be applied to the fragment, via the temporary bone fixators, to move the fragment relative to another fragment of the fractured bone. A multi-lumen cannula includes a lumen for one or more of the temporary bone fixators and a lumen for one or more permanent bone fixators that secure the implant relative to the fractured bone. The multi-lumen cannula may have a body with equal portions divided by a plane of symmetry, enabling the multi-lumen cannula to be reversibly inserted into a recess of a targeting guide that aligns the lumens of the multi-lumen cannula relative to the implant.

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Dependent claims

A method of using a multi-lumen cannula, the method comprising:

inserting a distal end of a multi-lumen cannula through a recess of a targeting guide;
advancing the distal end toward an implant secured to the targeting guide;
advancing a first bone fixator along a first linear axis of a first lumen extending through a body of the multi-lumen cannula;
advancing a second bone fixator along a second linear axis of a second lumen extending through the body of the multi-lumen cannula;
bracketing the implant between the first bone fixator and the second bone fixator with respect to a direction perpendicular to the first linear axis;
advancing a third bone fixator along a third linear axis of a third lumen extending through the body of the multi-lumen cannula;
and
advancing the third bone fixator into a through hole of the implant.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Multi-lumen cannula and methods of using of same

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Abstract

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