US 11,998,252 B2
System and method for bone fixation
Lon S. Weiner, Warsaw, IN (US); Stuart D. Katchis, Warsaw, IN (US); John R. Pepper, Warsaw, IN (US); Ryan Schlotterback, Warsaw, IN (US); and Greg Denham, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to MEDARTIS AG, Basel (CH)
Filed by Nextremity Solutions, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,310, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,761, filed on May 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/115,460, filed on Nov. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151666 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8014 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fracture fixation system comprising:
a cord, said cord including a first end and a second end, said cord configured to extend around a bone to provide fixation to a fracture of the bone;
a connector, said connector including a body, the body including a longitudinal axis and extending from a proximal end to a distal end opposite the proximal end, the first end of said cord connectable to the distal end of the body, said connector further comprising a first lock member at the proximal end of the body and a second lock member positioned between the proximal end and the distal end, the first lock member and second lock member extending in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal axis, the body defining a first slot between the first lock member and the second lock member and a second slot between the second lock member and a portion of the body towards the distal end, portions of said cord passable through the first and second slots and around portions of the first and second lock members to tighten the cord to provide the fixation of the fracture, the second lock member comprising an engagement portion configured to receive overlapping portions of said cord passing through the second slot, the engagement portion defining a proximal end surface of the second slot that is concave in the longitudinal direction as it extends along the lateral direction of the second lock member, wherein the distal end of the body comprising a hook, the hook including two prongs, the prongs and a portion of the body forming cord engagement spaces, the hook including a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein cord engagement channels are formed in the bottom surface of the hook and extending from the cord engagement spaces to the distal end of the body of said connector, the cord engagement spaces and cord engagement channels configured to receive portions of said cord.