US 11,857,232 B2
Fracture fixation system and method
Lon S. Weiner, Rumson, NJ (US); John R. Pepper, Warsaw, IN (US); Stuart D. Katchis, Warsaw, IN (US); and Ryan Schlotterback, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to MEDARTIS AG, Basel (CH)
Filed by NEXTREMITY SOLUTIONS, INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,019.
Application 17/180,019 is a continuation of application No. 16/910,328, filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,017, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,676, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315617 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/82 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/82 (2013.01) [A61B 17/80 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fracture fixation system comprising:
a plate having a laterally extending bore passing therethrough, the laterally extending bore configured to receive a first wire when the plate is placed in contact with a bone;
said plate having a recess for receiving and securing a first end of said first wire;
said plate comprising an entry hole and an exit hole to at opposite ends of a first bore to allow said first wire to pass through said plate; and
a screw to capture said first wire in said first bore to maintain a desired tension on said first wire,
a tightener configured to provide tension to the first wire, said tightener comprising a post configured to be received in a post hole of said plate and a cross bore configured to allow the first wire to pass therethrough such that the tightener may be rotated in the post hole to tighten the first wire around the tightener.