US 12,426,901 B2
Plate to nail alignment pin/k-wire
Nils Zander, Eckernförde (DE); Manfred Wieland, Kiel (DE); and Hendrik Kluever, Schoenkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill (IE)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill (IE)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/522,638.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/428,453, filed on Nov. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173041 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1725 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for aligning an aiming block with respect to a bone comprising:
driving a bone screw into a bone to pass a tip of the bone screw through a hole of an intramedullary nail and to anchor a head of the bone screw in a cortical region of the bone;
inserting a pin extending from a surface of an aiming block through a hole of a bone plate; and
contacting the pin against the head of the bone screw to align the hole of the bone plate with the head of the bone screw.