US 12,256,953 B2
Surgical clamp for Lapidus bunion surgery
Jason Bruse, Kaysville, UT (US)
Filed by Jason Bruse, Kaysville, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,319.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,176, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039816 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/282 (2013.01) [A61B 17/2816 (2013.01); A61B 17/2833 (2013.01); A61B 17/2841 (2013.01); A61B 17/8861 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical clamp for Lapidus bunion surgery, the surgical clamp comprising:
first and second opposing handles disposed at a proximal portion of opposing first and second branches of a surgical clamp;
a hinge disposed at an intersection of the opposing branches about which the opposing branches pivot within a plane in response to actuation of the handles;
a first gripper disposed at a distal portion of the first opposing branch, the first gripper shaped to hook around and grip a neck of a first metatarsal;
a second gripper disposed at a distal portion of the second opposing branch, the second gripper shaped to hook around and grip a neck of a different metatarsal, the first and second grippers extending out of the plane in which the opposing branches pivot at a non-zero angle of at least forty-five degrees away from the opposing branches thereby extending the first and second opposing branches over toes and away from a foot of the first metatarsal and the different metatarsal; and
a lock extending between the opposing branches and selectively fixing a relative position of the opposing branches such that the first and second grippers selectively reduce an intermetatarsal angle of the first metatarsal relative to the different metatarsal and hold a frontal plane rotation of the first metatarsal.