US 11,957,519 B2
Intramedullary implant screw selection device
Brian Conley, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed by Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,749.
Application 18/127,749 is a division of application No. 17/198,972, filed on Mar. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,793,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/988,485, filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233281 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/06 (2016.02) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/7291 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
positioning a medical device relative to a bone of a patient, wherein the medical device includes:
a base component constructed of a radiolucent material; and
a set of markings on the base component, the set of markings including: (i) first diameter markings indicative of a first diameter of an implant screw, (ii) second diameter markings indicative of a second diameter of the implant screw, wherein the second diameter markings are between the first diameter markings on the base component, and (iii) a plurality of length markings indicative of a plurality of length options of the implant screw,
wherein the set of markings are composed of a radiopaque material;
exposing an area of the patient to radiation to generate a radiographic image, wherein the area of the patient includes the bone and the positioned medical device, and wherein the generated radiographic image includes a reproduction of the set of markings; and
determining a desired diameter and a desired length of the implant screw based on the radiographic image.