US 11,751,911 B2
Intermaxillary fixation device and method of using same
Jeffrey R. Marcus, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed by Jeffrey R. Marcus, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/751,753.
Application 16/751,753 is a continuation of application No. 15/996,728, filed on Jun. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,588,665.
Application 15/996,728 is a continuation of application No. 12/329,306, filed on Dec. 5, 2008, granted, now 10,010,347, issued on Jul. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/017,861, filed on Dec. 31, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2020/0155199 A1, May 21, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/64 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/6433 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical method comprising the steps of:
bending a first plate to the contour of the mandible of a patient;
inserting a first screw through a first elongate slot formed through the first plate and into the mandible;
moving the first plate with respect to the first screw;
bending a second plate to the contour of the maxilla of the patient;
inserting a second screw through a second elongate slot formed through the second plate and into the maxilla;
moving the second plate with respect to the second screw; and
limiting movement of the first plate with respect to the second plate.