US 12,232,786 B2
Reduction and fixation apparatus for calcaneal fracture
Daniel Nick Segina, Satellite Beach, FL (US); and James A. Proctor, Jr., Indialantic, FL (US)
Assigned to Genesis Medical Devices LLC, Indialantic, FL (US)
Filed by Genesis Medical Devices LLC, Indialantic, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,662.
Application 18/296,662 is a continuation of application No. 17/223,130, filed on Apr. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,633,217.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,397, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0310044 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7291 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8052 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/808 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A calcaneal fracture reduction and fixation apparatus comprising:
a reduction portion comprising:
a reduction targeter for attaching to a lateral wall calcaneal plate;
a targeting cannula, adapted to provide provisional reduction and final screw placement into one or more calcaneal fracture fragments;
a posterior tuberosity targeter, adapted to be attached to the reduction targeter, and adapted to be attached to a medial column targeting portal; and
wherein the medial column targeting portal is mechanically aligned with a medial column screw capture, and further adapted to allow for insertion of one or more medial column reduction screws into the medial column targeting portal; and
additionally comprising:
a fixation portion comprising:
a lateral wall calcaneal plate;
a medial column kickstand attached to the lateral wall calcaneal plate, and adapted to provide abduction of the medial column targeting portal;
wherein the medial column screw capture is attached to a distal end of the medial column kickstand, and adapted to provide linkage between the medial column kickstand and a medial column reduction screw; and
wherein the fixation portion is further adapted to provide mechanical linkage between one or more calcaneal fracture fragments, the medial column reduction screw, at least one of the one or more medial column reduction screws, and the medial column kickstand, together with the lateral wall calcaneal plate.