US 11,672,580 B2
Driven universal screw guide
Jason F. Detweiler, Warsaw, IN (US); and Scott Steffensmeier, Winona Lake, IN (US)
Assigned to Jace Medical, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Jace Medical, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,187.
Application 17/882,187 is a continuation of application No. 17/117,604, filed on Dec. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,446,068.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/947,570, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370105 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8875 (2013.01) [A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8085 (2013.01); A61B 17/8894 (2013.01); A61B 17/90 (2021.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of guiding a fastener into a hole in a bone plate, the method comprising:
providing or obtaining a bone plate with a threaded distal portion of a split body of a fastener guide threaded into a hole in the bone plate such that a fastener received in a through-bore in the split body is aligned with the hole in the bone plate; and
rotating the fastener in a first direction of rotation relative to the hole in the bone plate to advance the fastener distally through the through-bore, wherein said rotating includes a first phase of fastener rotation in which the fastener advances distally through the through-bore while the threaded distal portion of the split body remains fixed rotationally relative to the hole in the bone plate and a second phase of fastener rotation following the first phase in which the fastener continues to advance distally through the through-bore while the threaded distal portion of the split body is caused to rotate in a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction relative to the hole in the bone plate for removing the fastener guide from the bone plate.