US 12,016,602 B2
MIS bunion correction system
Brett J. Schaefer, Tinley Park, IL (US); Thomas Zink, San Antonio, TX (US); and David Alan Yeager, Dixon, IL (US)
Filed by Brett J. Schaefer, Tinley Park, IL (US); Thomas Zink, San Antonio, TX (US); and David Alan Yeager, Dixon, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/154,065, filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273348 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00831 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00982 (2013.01); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 17/8615 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30578 (2013.01); A61F 2/4225 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4228 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4233 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plate for a bunion correction comprising:
a base plate comprising a pair of set apart apertures, each set apart aperture configured to accept a fastener; and
a portion extending off the base plate at an angle and comprising a pair of in line apertures, each in line aperture configured to accept a fastener at a different angle from the other in line aperture;
a set of guide components; and
wherein the angle ranges from 60 to 120 degrees; and
wherein each guide component is configured to threadedly engage at least one of the pair of in line apertures in the portion extending off of the base plate and configured to translate a metatarsal head when the base plate is secured to the metatarsal head prior to securing the portion to a metatarsal shaft following an osteotomy performed on the metatarsal head proximal to where the base plate is secured.