US 11,832,856 B2
Bone-fixation device and system
Robert N. Meek, Vancouver (CA); Carly Anderson Thaler, Seattle, WA (US); and Steven Charles Dimmer, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to The University of British Columbia, Vancouver (CA)
Appl. No. 17/286,388
Filed by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver (CA)
PCT Filed Oct. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/051471
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/077457, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,925, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,039, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353338 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/74 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/742 (2013.01) [A61B 17/70 (2013.01); A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61B 17/7208 (2013.01); A61B 17/7233 (2013.01); A61B 17/8897 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
forming a curved pathway in an intramedullary space of a pelvic bone;
inserting, into the curved pathway, a bone-fracture fixation device in a flexible configuration, the bone-fracture fixation device having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion;
securing the distal end portion of the bone-fracture fixation device along the curved pathway within the intramedullary space;
securing the proximal end portion of the bone-fracture fixation device to an artificial hip socket positioned at a native acetabulum of the pelvic bone; and
transitioning the bone-fracture fixation device from the flexible configuration to a rigid configuration while the bone-fracture fixation device has a curved shape.