US 12,076,031 B2
Threaded targeting instruments, systems and methods of use
Joseph Dogué, Aurora, CO (US); Albert Dacosta, Lone Tree, CO (US); Francis D. Barmes, Parker, CO (US); Spanky Raymond, Uniontown, OH (US); and Laura Zagrocki Brinker, Lone Tree, CO (US)
Assigned to Paragon 28, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Paragon 28, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/445,112.
Application 17/445,112 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/018129, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/805,777, filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031340 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1775 (2016.11) [A61B 17/1717 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A targeting guide assembly, comprising:
a guide arm, comprising:
a body extending between a first end and a second end of the guide arm;
an angled portion extending in a downward direction from the body to the second end; and
a wider portion at the first end, wherein the wider portion extends from the body in a perpendicular direction;
a guide tube coupled to the first end of the guide arm, the guide tube comprising:
a threaded portion;
a body coupled to a first end of the threaded portion and extending away from the threaded portion;
a head coupled to a second end of the threaded portion; and
a through hole extending through the head, the threaded portion, and the body along a longitudinal axis of the guide tube;
a guide pin that is movably engaged to the second end of the guide arm;
a drill guide for insertion into a through hole of the guide tube;
a protector member for insertion through a through hole of the drill guide;
a target pin with a first end and a second end, and wherein the target pin is received within a through hole of the protector member; and
a threaded member for insertion through the through hole of the guide tube.