Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medial-plantar plate for medial column arthrodesis
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Application No.: US15851065Application Date: 2017-12-21
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Publication No.: US10076368B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Vinay Patel , Mary Mccombs-Stearnes
- Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/88
- IPC: A61B17/88 ; A61B17/80

Abstract:
An article comprises a unitary plate configured to conform to a foot of a patient. The plate has a dorsal portion shaped to conform to a dorsal surface of a medial column of the foot and a plantar-medial portion shaped to conform to a medial surface of a first metatarsal of the foot and extend to a plantar surface of the first metatarsal. The plantar-medial portion is integrally attached to the dorsal portion. The plate has a plurality of apertures for receiving screws. The apertures include: a plurality of first apertures through the dorsal portion, adapted to receive a respective one or more first screws to be inserted into a dorsal surface of a talus of the foot, and at least one second aperture adapted to receive a second screw inserted through a plantar end of the plantar-medial portion into a first metatarsal of the foot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180132912A1 MEDIAL-PLANTAR PLATE FOR MEDIAL COLUMN ARTHRODESIS Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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