US 11,751,924 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. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,712.
Application 17/585,712 is a continuation of application No. 16/601,975, filed on Oct. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,272,970.
Application 16/601,975 is a continuation of application No. 14/980,551, filed on Dec. 28, 2015, granted, now 10,485,593, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Application 14/980,551 is a continuation of application No. 14/618,111, filed on Feb. 10, 2015, granted, now 9,220,552, issued on Dec. 29, 2015.
Application 14/618,111 is a continuation of application No. 13/399,282, filed on Feb. 17, 2012, granted, now 8,979,529, issued on Mar. 17, 2015.
Application 13/399,282 is a continuation of application No. 12/329,263, filed on Dec. 5, 2008, granted, now 8,118,850, issued on Feb. 21, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/012,561, filed on Dec. 10, 2007.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/012,557, filed on Dec. 10, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142690 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61C 5/00 (2017.01); A61F 5/058 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8605 (2013.01) [A61B 17/60 (2013.01); A61C 5/007 (2013.01); A61C 7/00 (2013.01); A61C 7/36 (2013.01); A61C 8/0096 (2013.01); A61F 5/05891 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical method comprising the steps of:
inserting a first screw through a first hole extending through a first plate and into a mandible;
inserting a second screw through a second hole extending through the first plate and into the mandible;
inserting a third screw through a third hole extending through a second plate and into a maxilla;
inserting a fourth screw through a fourth hole extending through the second plate and into the maxilla; and
attaching a first wire to the first plate and the second plate, the first wire preventing movement of the mandible away from the maxilla.