US 12,336,724 B2
Minimally invasive tools, systems and methods
Julia C. Alspaugh, Memphis, TN (US); Daniel E. Free, Oakland, TN (US); and Braham K. Dhillon, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Appl. No. 17/760,487
Filed by WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/021335
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/206835, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/008,034, filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136212 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) [A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first tool comprising a base extending from a first end to a second end and including at least one thread disposed along a length thereof, the first end including a foot having a widthwise dimension that is greater than a diameter of the at least one thread,
a first nut configured to be disposed along the length of the base and to engage at least one thread,
a second tool including a foot, a stem coupled to the foot, the stem extending from a first end that is coupled to the foot to a second end, and a body coupled to the second end of the stem formed from a radiolucent material and supporting a first radiopaque member and a second radiopaque member, each of the first and second radiopaque members include an elongate rod, the first and second radiopaque members being supported by the body such that the first and second radiopaque members are spaced apart from one another,
a base plate having a first side and a second side, the first side of the base plate defining at least one first channel and at least one second channel, the at least one first channel extending along a length of the base plate in a first direction, the at least one second channel extending along a width of the based plate in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, and
a tool guide configured to be slideably disposed along the length of the base, the tool guide having a body including a flange portion, the flange portion defining an opening sized and configured to receive at least one of a pin and a cutting tool therethrough,
wherein rotation of the first nut causes the nut to translate along the length of the base thereby causing the tool guide to move along the length of the base.