US 12,446,930 B2
Distal radius fracture fixation device
Daniel Fluri, Grenchen (CH); Silas Zurschmiede, Bibern (CH); Andreas Schweizer, Zumikon (CH); and Ladislav Nagy, Kilchberg (CH)
Assigned to DISRAD AG, Zürich (CH)
Appl. No. 17/429,335
Filed by DISRAD AG, Zürich (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/051033
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/161525, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142685 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/7241 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1725 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distal radius fracture fixation assembly comprising a distal radius fracture fixation device for securing at least two bone segments together, and a separate insertion device comprising a handle for guiding the fracture fixation device to its implantation position, the insertion device being configured to be coupled to the fracture fixation device, the fracture fixation device comprising:
a body portion comprising at least two insertion channels each extending at least partially through the body portion and each being configured to receive a bone fixation element therethrough; and
an insertion device connection portion connected to the body portion, and for connecting the separate insertion device to the fracture fixation device, wherein the insertion device connection portion is integrally formed with the body portion and arranged to be decoupled from the body portion together with the insertion device,
wherein the insertion device comprises a hole shaped and dimensioned such as to receive the insertion device connection portion to allow the insertion device connection portion to be circumferentially enclosed by the insertion device when received in the hole, wherein the insertion device connection portion is configured to be received in the hole to removably couple the insertion device to the insertion device connection portion, and wherein the assembly further comprises a screw received in the hole in the insertion device and threadedly engaged in a channel in the insertion device connection portion for removably fixing the insertion device to the insertion device connection portion when the insertion device connection portion is received in the hole.