US 11,890,039 B1
Multi-diameter K-wire for orthopedic applications
John T. Treace, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US); Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US); and Michael Stedham, Jacksonville, 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. 17/018,422.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/900,391, filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7291 (2013.01) [A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
inserting a pin having a first diameter into a collet of a powered driver and driving the pin into at least one of a metatarsal and a cuneiform;
moving the metatarsal relative to the cuneiform to establish a moved position of the metatarsal;
inserting a driver engagement portion of a multi-diameter fixation pin into the collet of the powered driver and driving a bone insertion portion of the multi-diameter fixation pin through the metatarsal and into another bone to hold the moved position of the metatarsal,
wherein the collet of the powered driver is sized to receive the pin having the first diameter and the driver engagement portion of the multi-diameter fixation pin but not the bone insertion portion of the multi-diameter fixation pin.