US 12,440,250 B2
Multi-diameter K-wire for orthopedic applications
John T. Treace, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US); Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US); and Michael Stedham, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,396.
Application 18/432,396 is a continuation of application No. 17/018,422, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,890,039.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/900,391, filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173056 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7291 (2013.01) [A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
inserting a pin having a first diameter into a collet of a powered driver and driving the pin into a bone portion; and
inserting a driver engagement portion of a multi-diameter fixation pin into the collet of the powered driver and driving a bone insertion portion of the multi-diameter fixation pin into the bone portion;
wherein the collet of the powered driver is sized to receive the pin having the first diameter and the driver engagement portion of the multi-diameter fixation pin but not the bone insertion portion of the multi-diameter fixation pin.