Method and apparatus for endoscopic minimally invasive orthopaedic plating procedures

US7819877B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BePuy Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Pamela C. Guzman · Fort Wayne, US
• Michael A. Wack · Warsaw, US
• Dale R. Schulze · Lebanon, US
• Gary W. Knight · Sharonville, US
• Christopher J. Hess · Cincinnati, US
• Rudolph H. Nobis · Mason, US
• Michael F. Clem · Maineville, US
• Ronald J. Kolata · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/4649
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bone plating apparatus includes a handle having extending therefrom a tissue expander for insertion through a skin incision and through the subcutaneous tissue surrounding a fractured bone. A bone plate may be secured to the handle during advancement of the tissue expander so as to deliver the bone plate to a desired location proximate to the fractured bone. Both the tissue expander and the bone plate may be advanced to the desired location proximate to the fractured bone under the visualization of an endoscope. A screw alignment jig is secured to the handle and has a guide hole which aligns with an access hole of the tissue expander. The alignment of the guide hole and the access hole allow for percutaneous screw insertion into the delivered bone plate. A method for plating a fractured bone is also disclosed.