US 11,793,558 B2
All in one plate holder and spring loaded awl
Alexander Horia Artaki, Bremerton, WA (US); Joseph Michael Meyer, Bethel, OH (US); Pauline Patricia Hutton, Gainesville, VA (US); Joshua David Rubin, Reston, VA (US); Chambliss Harrod, Baton Rouge, LA (US); and Stephen Tolhurst, Flower Mound, TX (US)
Assigned to K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed by K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/3,243.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,118, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059726 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/92 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/808 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/92 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for placing a bone plate onto a bone comprising:
a plate holder extending from a first end to a second end opposite the first end, the plate holder including an engagement feature at the second end, the engagement feature engageable with the bone plate; and
an awl releasably engaged to the plate holder, the awl having a length extending to a tip and including a locking mechanism adjustable from a first setting to a second setting,
wherein when the locking mechanism is in the first setting, the awl is fixed relative to the plate holder and the tip of the awl is disposed entirely within the plate holder such that the second end of the plate holder is further from the first end of the plate holder than the tip,
wherein when the locking mechanism is in the second setting, the awl is axially translatable relative to the plate holder such that the tip of the awl is extendable out of the second end of the plate holder, and
wherein the adjustment of the locking mechanism between the first setting and the second setting is independent of the axial translation of the awl.