	US 12,232,787 B2
	Patella bone plate and methods of fixation
David L. Helfet, New York, NY (US); and Dean G. Lorich, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,420.
Application 17/142,543 is a division of application No. 15/257,220, filed on Sep. 6, 2016, granted, now 10,905,478, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Application 18/305,420 is a continuation of application No. 17/142,543, filed on Jan. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,690,658.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,827, filed on Sep. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277228 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8085 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 17/8866 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of treating a fractured patella, the method comprising the steps of:

creating a longitudinal skin incision along a lateral border of the patella;

inserting a bone plate through the incision and around at least a portion of the patella, such that 1) a row of bone fixation holes of a base of the bone plate faces a lateral portion of a circumferential rim of the patella, an inferior pole of the patella, and a superior pole of the patella, and 2) an outer portion of the bone plate that extends from the base faces an anterior surface of the patella;

driving a first fixation element through one of the bone fixation holes of the base and into the circumferential rim;

driving second fixation elements through the bone plate and into respective ones of the inferior pole and the superior pole; and

driving an anterior fixation element through the outer portion and into the anterior surface of the patella.