US 12,364,524 B2
Extremity fusion plate assembly
Melissa D. Coale, Chester, NJ (US); Matthew Bellenoit, Northampton, PA (US); Logan Schleicher, Slatington, PA (US); Olivia T. West, Canton, GA (US); and David Hannah, Nazareth, PA (US)
Assigned to Tyber Medical LLC, Bethlehem, PA (US)
Filed by Tyber Medical LLC, Bethlehem, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,167.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,265, filed on Sep. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,842, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183733 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/86 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/90 (2021.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone fusion assembly comprising:
a bone plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of through openings extending therethrough, the through openings comprising:
at least one fusion screw opening sized to allow a screw guide to be at least partially inserted therein;
a K-wire through opening; and
a plurality of fixation screw through openings;
the screw guide comprising a body having a proximal end, a distal end, a through-passage extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the distal end being configured to conform to top surface contours of the bone plate and to cover the K-wire through opening and the at least one fusion screw opening; and
a K-wire sized to extend through the K-wire through opening.