US 11,969,193 B2
Intra-osseous plate system and method
David L. Brumfield, Collierville, TN (US); Paul Dayton, Ankeny, IA (US); F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US); and Joe W. Ferguson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,321.
Application 17/897,321 is a continuation of application No. 16/877,159, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,426,219.
Application 16/877,159 is a continuation of application No. 15/148,774, filed on May 6, 2016, granted, now 10,653,467, issued on May 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,561, filed on May 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409250 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/686 (2013.01); A61B 17/8014 (2013.01); A61B 17/8095 (2013.01); A61B 17/8872 (2013.01); A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
performing an osteotomy on a metatarsal to separate the metatarsal into a first metatarsal portion and a second metatarsal portion;
adjusting an alignment of the first metatarsal portion relative to the second metatarsal portion;
placing a first portion of an intra-osseous support structure in the first metatarsal portion, wherein the intra-osseous support structure comprise a plate having a first major surface, a second major surface, and perimeter edge extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, and placing the first portion of the intra-osseous support structure in the first metatarsal portion comprises positioning the first portion of the intra-osseous support structure within an intra-osseous region of the first metatarsal portion with the first major surface and the second major surface each facing cancellous bone of the first metatarsal portion; and
connecting a second portion of the intra-osseous support structure to the second metatarsal portion using at least one fastener.