US 11,992,251 B2
Clavicle segmental plate system
Martin Zenker, Zuchwil (CH); André Galm, Basel (CH); Martin Bammerlin, Basel (CH); Marcel Schweizer, Zuchwil (CH); Arabella Fontana, Zuchwil (CH); Daniel Andermatt, Möhlin (CH); Simon Lambert, London (GB); Stefan Nijs, Leuven (BE); Harry Hoyen, Cleveland, OH (US); Martin Jaeger, Freiburg im Breisgau (DE); and Chunyan Jiang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,532.
Application 17/452,532 is a division of application No. 16/673,655, filed on Nov. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,207,111.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071673 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8014 (2013.01); A61B 17/8023 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for treating a clavicular fracture, comprising:
identifying a location of a fracture relative to one of five sections of a clavicle bone to be treated;
determining a plate type for treating the fracture based on the identified location of the fracture; and
affixing a bone plate of the determined plate type to the clavicle bone.