Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contoured calcaneal plate and a percutaneous drill guide for use therewith
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Application No.: US15232379Application Date: 2016-08-09
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Publication No.: US09597131B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: James P. Price , Michael A. Zwolinski , Andrew J. Leither , David B. Kay , Bryan D. Den Hartog , David B. Thordarson , John L. Marsh , Derek S. Lewis
- Applicant: Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Medina
- Assignee: Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Medina
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/80
- IPC: A61B17/80 ; A61B17/88 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B17/86

Abstract:
This invention provides a calcaneal plate implanted using a sinus tarsi approach and comprises an anterior section having two locking screw holes, an s-shaped posterior facet section having a four locking holes and which rounds toward the bone at both the inferior and superior edges and is reinforced at the superior edge, and a blade shaped posterior portion having three linearly aligned locking holes and terminating in a tapered portion. There is also, a drill guide assembly having a drill guide column inserted through a hole in a targeting guide and locking to one of the locking holes in the plate, and cannulated drill guide sleeves that lock into holes in the targeting guide in a spaced relation whereby when the targeting guide is locked into the plate, the targeting guide can be used as a handle and wherein locking screws can be implanted percutaneously.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160346022A1 CONTOURED CALCANEAL PLATE AND A PERCUTANEOUS DRILL GUIDE FOR USE THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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