US 12,232,788 B2
Bone fixation system
Pete O'Donald, Port Arthur, TX (US); and Mickey Stapp, Martinez, GA (US)
Assigned to OSO EXTREMITY, INC., Nederland, TX (US)
Filed by OSO Extremity, Inc., Nederland, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,335.
Application 17/899,335 is a continuation of application No. 16/525,396, filed on Jul. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,432,860.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/711,755, filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409252 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/848 (2013.01) [A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/8861 (2013.01); A61B 17/725 (2013.01); A61B 17/7291 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2017/8655 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for fixation of a first bone portion relative to a second bone portion through use of a system comprising a wire, a cap, and a fastener, wherein the method comprises:
inserting the wire percutaneously through the first bone portion and into the second bone portion, the wire having a first end, a threaded second end and a shaft;
anchoring the threaded second end of the wire in the second bone portion;
placing the cap onto the first end of the wire such that the wire is slidably received in a first bore of the cap, wherein the cap further comprises a second bore transverse to, and in communication with, the first bore;
moving the cap along the wire toward the threaded second end of the wire to decrease a distance between the cap and the threaded second end of the wire, and to compress the cap against the first bone portion;
actuating the fastener within the second bore to contact the shaft and fix a position of the wire relative to the cap; and
after osseous union of the first bone portion to the second bone portion has occurred:
actuating the fastener out of contact with the wire; and
withdrawing the threaded second end from the second bone portion and from the first bone portion.