Bone fixation system with opposed mounting portions
AssigneeAcute Innovations LLC
InventorsOren S. Bernstein, Joel Gillard, Eric Thorsell, Sara Haislip, Kyle A. Loucks, Andrew W. Seykora
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Abstract
System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for bone fixation using a fixation device including a mounting portion and a fastener that attaches to the mounting portion. In some embodiments, the fixation device may include first and second mounting portions configured to be disposed across a bone from each other and secured with a fastener that extends from one of the mounting portions, through the bone, and to the other mounting portion. The system also may include a tool to facilitate installation of the fixation device.
Claims12
A method of fixing bone, the method comprising:
- selecting a clip member including a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion interconnected by a collapsible portion, the first and second mounting portions defining respective first and second apertures;
- disposing the clip member on a bone with the first and second mounting portions arranged adjacent opposite sides of the bone from each other, such that the bone extends along a path through the clip member;
- applying compressive force to the clip member disposed on the bone to urge the first and second mounting portions toward each other and plastically deform the collapsible portion, wherein a central plane of the clip member is orthogonal to the path, and wherein the collapsible portion deforms to change a distance of at least one region of the collapsible portion from the central plane;
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- securing the first and second mounting portions to the bone with a fastener extending from the first aperture, through the bone, and into the second aperture.
A method of fixing bone, the method comprising:
- selecting a clip member including a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion interconnected by a collapsible portion, the first and second mounting portions defining respective first and second apertures;
- disposing the clip member on a bone with the first and second mounting portions arranged adjacent opposite sides of the bone from each other, such that the bone extends along a path through the clip member;
- applying compressive force to the clip member disposed on the bone to urge the first and second mounting portions toward each other and plastically deform the collapsible portion, wherein an orthogonal projection of the collapsible portion, onto a plane that is parallel to the path and perpendicular to at least one of the mounting portions, has a nonlinear portion that defines an angle, and wherein the angle decreases in the orthogonal projection as the mounting portions are urged toward each other;
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- securing the first and second mounting portions to the bone with a fastener extending from the first aperture, through the bone, and into the second aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.