Bone alignment implant and method of use
AssigneePeter M. Stevens
InventorsPeter M. Stevens, Daniel F. Justin
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Abstract
A method for correcting an angular deformity in a bone includes inserting a guide wire within a physis of a bone having an angular deformity, the physis extending between a first side the bone on which the guide wire is inserted and an opposing second side of the bone. The guide wire is used to guide a link to the physis. The link is then secured to the first side of the bone so that the link spans across the physis and restricts the growth of the physeal tissue of the physis on the first side of the bone. The physis is then allowed to generate more physeal tissue on the second side of the bone than on the first side of the bone so that the angular deformity of the bone is reduced.
Claims16
A method for correcting an angular deformity in a bone, the method comprising:
- inserting a guide wire within a physis of a long bone of an arm or leg having an angular deformity, the physis separating a metaphyseal section of the bone from a epiphyseal section of the bone;
- using the guide wire to guide a link to the physis, the link comprising a first opening and a spaced apart second opening passing therethrough;
- advancing a first bone engager through the first opening and into the metaphyseal section of the bone;
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- advancing the second bone engager through the second opening and into the epiphyseal section of the bone so that the link spans across the physis and restricts growth of the physeal tissue of the physis adjacent to the link, the first bone engager and the second bone engager each being pivotably coupled to the link so that the first bone engager and the second bone engager pivot relative to the link as the physis generates more physeal tissue.
A method for correcting an angular deformity in a bone, the method comprising:
- positioning a link so that the link spans across a physis of a bone, the bone having an angular deformity;
- advancing a first bone engager through a first opening on the link and into a metaphyseal section of the bone so that the first bone engager secures the link to the metaphyseal section, the metaphyseal section being located on one side of the physis;
- advancing a second bone engager through a second opening on the link and into an epiphyseal section of the bone so that the second bone engager secures the link to the epiphyseal section, the epiphyseal section being located on an opposite side of the physis, the link thereby restricting the growth of physeal tissue of the physis adjacent to the link;
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- allowing the physis to generate more physeal tissue on a side of the bone opposite the link so that the angular deformity of the bone is reduced, the first bone engager and the second bone engager each being pivotably coupled to the link so that the first bone engager and the second bone engager pivot relative to the link as the physis generates more physeal tissue.
A method for correcting an angular deformity in a bone, the method comprising:
- positioning a link so that the link spans across a physis of a long bone of an arm or leg, the bone having an angular deformity;
- screwing a first bone engager into a metaphyseal section of the bone so that the first bone engager secures the link to the metaphyseal section, the metaphyseal section being located on one side of the physis;
- screwing a second bone engager into an epiphyseal section of the bone so that the second bone engager secures the link to the epiphyseal section, the epiphyseal section being located on an opposite side of the physis, the link thereby restricting the growth of physeal tissue of the physis adjacent to the link;
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- allowing the physis to generate more physeal tissue on a side of the bone opposite the link so that the angular deformity of the bone is reduced, the first bone engager and the second bone engager each being pivotably coupled to the link so that the first bone engager and the second bone engager pivot relative to the link as the physis generates more physeal tissue.
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