Patent · US Expired

Method for treating orthopedic fractures with a fixation member

US6361538B1 · kind B1 · utility

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16References

20Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Don Fenaroli · Lake Elsinore, US
Roy W. Sanders · Tampa, US
G. Bryan Cornwall · Poway, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2001
Grant date	Mar 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/809
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of inhibiting relative movement between a first bone fragment and a second bone fragment is disclosed. The method includes the step of advancing a fastener into the second bone fragment, the advancing step causing the fastener to contact a fixation member which in turn causes a first penetration structure of the fixation member to penetrate through an outer surface of the first bone fragment. The method further includes the step of preventing further advancement of the penetration structure into the first bone fragment with a stop member of the fixation member so that a space is maintained between a lower surface of a body of the fixation member and the outer surface of the first bone fragment.

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