US 11,889,998 B1
Surgical pin positioning lock
John T. Treace, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US); Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US); Carlos Eduardo Gil, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US); and Joe W. Ferguson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/018,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,723, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 17/846 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
attaching a compressor-distractor to a first bone portion by at least inserting a first pin through a first pin-receiving hole of the compressor-distractor and into the first bone portion;
attaching the compressor-distractor to a second bone portion by at least inserting a second pin through a second pin-receiving hole of the compressor-distractor and into the second bone portion; and
after attaching the compressor-distractor to the first bone portion and/or the second bone portion, inserting a pin lock onto the first pin or the second pin, the pin lock locking a position of the compressor-distractor along an axial length at least one of the first pin and the second pin.