US 12,256,949 B2
Intramedullary nail fixation guides, devices, and methods of use
Albert Dacosta, Lone Tree, CO (US); Frank Bono, Castle Rock, CO (US); Michael Houghton, Fort Collins, CO (US); Thomas Sangiovanni, Miami, FL (US); James T. Clancy, Atlantis, FL (US); and Thomas Chang, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to Paragon 28, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Paragon 28, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,191.
Application 17/456,191 is a continuation of application No. 15/911,680, filed on Mar. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,179,166.
Application 15/911,680 is a continuation of application No. 14/776,418, granted, now 9,907,562, issued on Mar. 6, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2014/027086, filed on Mar. 14, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/793,212, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079607 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1717 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1725 (2013.01); A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 17/7291 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for using an intramedullary nail for fixation of two bone pieces, comprising:
preparing the two bone pieces for fixation;
drilling over a guidewire to create a cavity for the intramedullary nail in at least one of the two bone pieces;
obtaining a fixation guide device;
inserting the intramedullary nail into the cavity;
engaging a portion of the fixation guide device to the intramedullary nail;
inserting a first guidewire through a first drill sleeve of the fixation guide device and into a distal bone piece of the two bone pieces;
inserting a second drill sleeve into a first drill hole of the fixation guide device;
inserting a second guidewire through the second drill sleeve and into the two bone pieces;
disengaging the intramedullary nail and the fixation guide device;
inserting a first fastener into the distal bone piece and the intramedullary nail; and
inserting a second fastener through the two bone pieces and the intramedullary nail.