US 11,751,950 B2
Devices and methods for temporary mounting of parts to bone
Michael Bartelme, Fort Collins, CO (US); Neil R. Crawford, Chandler, AZ (US); Mitchell A. Foster, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Chris Major, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Nicholas Theodore, Ruxton, MD (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/27,767.
Application 17/027,767 is a continuation of application No. 16/056,744, filed on Aug. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,786,313.
Application 16/056,744 is a continuation of application No. 14/824,586, filed on Aug. 12, 2015, granted, now 10,080,615, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000552 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 90/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61B 90/10 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3991 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
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1. A method of temporarily affixing a temporary mount to a bone, comprising:
inserting a central shaft through soft tissue and into contact with bone;
inserting a cannulated temporary mount over the central shaft and moving the temporary mount downwardly and into contact with the bone, the cannulated temporary mount having a first end and a second end terminating as a plurality of spaced apart elongated prongs;
applying a driving force to the inserted cannulated temporary mount to cause the cannulated temporary mount to advance into the bone; and removing the central shaft to leave the cannulated temporary mount embedded in the bone; wherein the plurality of elongated prongs includes four or more prongs extending from a base member; wherein the step of driving includes impacting the base member with an insertion device to drive the elongated prongs downward, wherein the base member is impacted, the temporary mount provides an audible sound, and as each of the elongated prongs is driven downward, a frequency of the audible sound changes indicating when the temporary mount is fully seated in the bone.