US 11,903,598 B2
Bone displacement system and method
Matthew Coyne, Warsaw, IN (US); and Gregory Denham, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to MEDARTIS AG, Basel (CH)
Filed by NEXTREMITY SOLUTIONS, INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/462,719.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/073,205, filed on Sep. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061861 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) [A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone displacement system comprising:
a body having a first arm and a second arm;
said first arm connected to a first leg configured to be located on a first bone portion;
said second arm connected to a second leg configured to be connected to a second bone portion;
a force application fixture coupled to said first arm and said first leg and configured to apply a force between said first arm and said first leg;
wherein said body is connected to an outrigger arm, said outrigger arm configured to extend from said body and away from said body such that said outrigger arm is configured to extend along said first bone portion, said outrigger arm having an opening for aligning a screw such that the screw connects the first bone portion to the second bone portion; and
wherein the applying the force by said force application fixture between said first arm and said first leg comprises applying the force to displace said first bone portion relative and said second bone portion relative to each other.