US 12,239,306 B2
Surgical system and methods for stabilization and fixation of fractures, joints, and reconstructions
Robert Michael Carlo, III, Lakeland, TN (US); George Matthew Awtrey, Bartlett, TN (US); Gary W. Lowery, Eads, TN (US); and Joseph Ryan Woodard, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/435,066.
Application 18/435,066 is a division of application No. 17/428,674, granted, now 11,931,020, previously published as PCT/US2020/026341, filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,125, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173023 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for using a targeting guide, comprising:
positioning a targeting guide adjacent to a target site, the targeting guide comprising a handle defining a targeting hole and a targeting tower coupled to the handle, the targeting tower defining at least a first guide hole and a second guide hole;
inserting a first guide pin through the first guide hole and a second guide pin through the second guide hole;
aligning the first guide pin and the second guide pin with one or more bone portions at the target site;
aligning the first guide pin and the second guide pin with the targeting hole; and
inserting a guide element through the targeting hole into at least a first bone portion and a second bone portion at the target site; and
wherein an inner wall of the targeting tower defines an opening that includes two tabs that extend inwardly so as to be arranged in spaced-apart confronting relation.