US 12,256,962 B2
Multipoint fixation implants and related methods
Kevin Lee, Canton, MA (US); Mark Hall, Bridgewater, MA (US); Christopher Ramsay, West Wareham, MA (US); John Riley Hawkins, Cumberland, RI (US); Albert Montello, Duxbury, MA (US); Joseph Peterson, South Dartmouth, MA (US); Benjamin Johnston, Quincy, MA (US); Heiko Koller, Waldeck-Alraft (DE); Todd Albert, Penn Valley, PA (US); Christopher Ames, Mill Valley, CA (US); Bradford Currier, Rochester, MN (US); Claudius Thorne, Innsbruck (AT); and Masashi Neo, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to Medos International Srl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed by Medos International Sarl, Le Locle (CH)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,931.
Application 18/356,931 is a continuation of application No. 17/124,152, filed on Dec. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,717,327.
Application 17/124,152 is a continuation of application No. 15/926,069, filed on Mar. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,898,232, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016521 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7034 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7044 (2013.01); A61B 17/7058 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/7002 (2013.01); A61B 17/7035 (2013.01); A61B 17/7041 (2013.01); A61B 17/7043 (2013.01); A61B 17/7055 (2013.01); A61B 17/7067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of securing a bone anchor assembly to bone, comprising:
driving a bone anchor into bone, the bone anchor having a receiver member coupled to a proximal end thereof;
positioning a rod in a rod seat defined in the receiver member;
attaching a closure mechanism to the receiver member to retain the rod in the receiver member;
coupling a proximal portion of a wing to at least one of the closure mechanism and a proximal terminal end of the receiver member, such that a spanning portion of the wing extends vertically along a side wall of the receiver member between the proximal portion and a distal portion of the wing that extends outward from a distal end of the spanning portion; and
driving an auxiliary bone anchor through a bone anchor opening formed in the distal portion of the wing into bone at an oblique angle in one of a caudal direction or a cephalad direction;
wherein a distal surface of the distal portion of the wing is obliquely angled relative to a proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face the caudal direction or the cephalad direction.