US 12,285,180 B2
Alignment devices for use in correction of bone deformities
Joseph Ryan Woodard, Memphis, TN (US); Johnny McGee, Halls, TN (US); and Peter George Mangone, Arden, NC (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Appl. No. 17/904,799
Filed by WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/022903
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/211249, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/008,854, filed on Apr. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0132273 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an alignment device including:
a first body defining a passage extending from a first end of the first body to a second end of the first body and defining a first axis, the first body configured to abut a first bone portion,
an arm extending from the first body in an arc and defining a track,
a second body disposed within the track, the second body configured to move along the track such that the second body moves in an arcuate path, the second body defining a first aperture defining a second axis and a second aperture defining a third axis, wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are spaced apart from one another in offset relation to the track such that the first aperture and the second aperture are on opposite sides of the track, and
a knob configured to selectively limit translation of the second body within the track; and
an elongate device sized and configured to be received within the passage defined by the first body such that the elongate device may be disposed in a second bone portion when the first body abuts the first bone portion.