US 12,274,456 B2
Surgical guide and method of use
Joseph Woodard, Memphis, TN (US); and Paul Luttrell, Germantown, TN (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Appl. No. 17/597,747
Filed by Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/043029
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/025861, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/883,196, filed on Aug. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0313285 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1703 (2013.01) [A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A method, comprising:
removing a first surgical guide from a carrier, wherein the first surgical guide comprises a flexible body defined by a first side, a second side, and an outer perimeter, the first side including an adhesive material disposed over at least a portion thereof and the second side, a radiopaque guide element coupled to the second side of the body, and
an incision guard defining an opening extending from the first side to the second side of the body, including an eyelet configured to provide reinforcement to the body and defining an inner perimeter of the opening, and configured to receive a surgical instrument therethrough;
coupling the first surgical guide to a first surgical site;
obtaining a fluoroscopic image of the first surgical site including the first surgical guide;
inserting the surgical instrument through the incision guard to perform at least one surgical procedure, wherein the incision guard is configured to prevent contact between the surgical instrument and a portion of the first surgical site located adjacent to the opening defined by the incision guard.