US 12,402,925 B2
Targeting system for a periprosthetic bone plate
Stephen Louie, Cordova, TN (US); Nicholas S. Ritchey, Collierville, TN (US); Nathaniel Kelley Grusin, Germantown, TN (US); Sandy Todd Strachan, Glen, MS (US); and William M. Ricci, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US); SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, Zug (CH); and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED, Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 18/276,363
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/015727
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/173776, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/148,492, filed on Feb. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115299 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/808 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/1657 (2013.01); A61B 17/1662 (2013.01); A61B 17/1732 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/58 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/90 (2021.08)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A targeting system arranged and configured to target a variable angled opening in a periprosthetic bone plate to facilitate insertion of a bone fastener into the variable angled opening, the targeting system comprising:
an alignment guide arranged and configured to couple to the periprosthetic bone plate, the alignment guide including a plurality of combo-slots formed therein, each combo-slot including an enlarged central portion and an elongated slot extending from the enlarged central portion; and
a plug selectively positionable within one of the plurality of combo-slots formed in the alignment guide, in use, the plug is positioned within the enlarged central portion of the combo-slot to prevent access to the enlarged central portion, the plug defining an opening encompassing the elongated slot and a portion of the plug, the opening having a defined trajectory to the variable angled opening formed in the periprosthetic bone plate.