US 11,980,396 B2
Percutaneous targeting device
Michael Schaumann, Munich (DE); Rebecca Weschenfelder, Stoffen (DE); Jörg Mietzner, Wolfratshausen (DE); Victor Dubois-Ferrière, Carouge (CH); Zack Day, Naples, FL (US); and Jorge Acevedo, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Assigned to ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,803.
Application 17/885,803 is a continuation of application No. 17/252,865, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2019/038116, filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18178849 (EP), filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000505 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/56 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 17/8897 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
placing a target pin in a part of a metatarsal;
performing an osteotomy of the metatarsal to form a distal metatarsal part and a proximal metatarsal part;
repositioning the distal metatarsal part with the target pin;
positioning a targeting device on the target pin;
aligning the target pin with the targeting device using a visible mark;
selecting another attachment hole of the targeting device that receives a second guide wire depending on a desired distance between a first guide wire and the second guide wire;
inserting the first guide wire and the second guide wire through an attachment hole and the another attachment hole, respectively, of the targeting device and into the metatarsal; and
screwing a first cannulated fixation screw and a second cannulated fixation screw into the metatarsal by using the first guide wire and the second guide wire, respectively.