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US 2026/0165758 A1Published application
System for joint fixation of extremity bone and related methods
AssigneeForma Medical, Inc.
InventorsJames A. Gault, Andrew Charles Davison, Christopher F. Hyer, Jesse F. Doty, A. Holly Johnson
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Abstract
A bone fixation system configured to fix one or more bone segments of extremity bones is provided.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a first incision near a first bone segment on a first side of a joint;
- forming a second incision near a second bone segment on a second side of the joint;
- inserting a bone plate into the first incision toward the second bone segment;
- positioning the bone plate so that the bone plate spans the joint between the first bone segment and the second bone segment;
- implanting one or more first bone anchors, through either the first incision or the second incision, into one or more first through-holes of the bone plate;
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- implanting one or more second bone anchors, through the other of the first incision or the second incision, into one or more second through-holes of the bone plate.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a first incision near a first bone segment on a first side of a joint;
- forming a second incision near a second bone segment on a second side of the joint;
- inserting a leading end of a bone plate into the first incision above the first bone segment until the leading end is located adjacent the first bone segment, wherein the leading end includes one or more through-holes;
- positioning the bone plate across the first bone segment and the second bone segment of so that a central bridge of the bone plate spans the joint, the leading end is located on the first side of the joint and a trailing end of the bone plate is located on second side of the joint
- implanting one or more first bone anchors through the second incision into one or more through-holes at the leading end of the bone plate and into the first bone segment;
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- implanting one or more second bone anchors through the first incision into the one or more through-holes of the trailing end of the bone plate and into the second bone segment.
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A method, comprising:
- inserting a leading end of a bone plate into an incision and relative to a tendon and a bone until the leading end is located adjacent a first bone segment of the bone, wherein the leading end includes one or more through-holes;
- positioning the bone plate across the first bone segment and a second bone segment of the bone so the bone plate is positioned relative to the tendon, the leading end is located on a first side of the tendon;
- fixing one or more first bone anchors into one or more through-holes at the leading end of the bone plate and into the first bone segment of the bone on the first side of the tendon;
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- fixing one or more second bone anchors into the one or more through-holes of the trailing end of the bone plate and into the second bone segment of the bone on the second side of the tendon.
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A method, comprising:
- inserting a leading end of a bone plate into an incision above a bone until the leading end is located adjacent to a first bone segment of the bone, wherein the leading end includes one or more through-holes;
- positioning the bone plate across a joint of the bone so that bone plate spans the first bone segment and a second bone segment, wherein the leading end is located on a first side of the joint, and a trailing end of the bone plate is located on a second side of the joint opposite the first side of the joint;
- fixing one or more first bone anchors into one or more through-holes at the leading end of the bone plate and into the first bone segment of the bone;
- fixing one or more second bone anchors into the one or more through-holes of the trailing end of the bone plate and into the second bone segment of the bone;
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- implanting a crossing anchor across the first and second bone segments so that the crossing anchor does not interfere with the one or more first bone anchors and the one or more second bone anchors.
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