US 12,453,551 B2
Counter-torque implant
Vernon R. Hartdegen, Collierville, TN (US); Michael Chad Hollis, Collierville, TN (US); and Scott Hill, Atoka, TN (US)
Assigned to CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,927.
Application 17/532,927 is a continuation of application No. 16/031,764, filed on Jul. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,179,149.
Application 16/031,764 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2018/017229, filed on Feb. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/455,754, filed on Feb. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/456,098, filed on Feb. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079578 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0642 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0682 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/8872 (2013.01); A61F 2/30724 (2013.01); A61F 2/4202 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0645 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 17/8004 (2013.01); A61B 17/8052 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02); A61B 2090/033 (2016.02); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30754 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30795 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30808 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3082 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30828 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone plate system comprising:
a bone plate having a bone-facing side, an obverse side displaced from the bone-facing side by a thickness of the bone plate oriented along a transverse direction, a first end, and second end displaced from the first end along a longitudinal length of the bone plate oriented along a longitudinal direction, the bone plate comprising:
a first fastener hole extending through the bone plate between the bone-facing side and the obverse side;
a second fastener hole extending through the bone plate between the bone-facing side and the obverse side; and
a plug that extends out from the bone-facing side and configured to be implanted across a joint defined by first and second bones, the plug having opposed plug ends opposite each other along the longitudinal direction and configured to face different ones of the first and second bones, and opposed plug sides that are each configured to engage each of the first and second bones across the joint, wherein the plug sides and the plug ends combine to define a cross-sectional shape, perpendicular to the thickness, wherein in the cross-sectional shape, the opposed plug ends are spaced from each other a first distance, and the opposed plug sides are spaced from each other a second distance less than the first distance, such that the plug is elongated along the longitudinal length and configured to absorb torsion across the joint, and wherein the plug comprises 1) a body comprising a first width; 2) a neck portion that joins the body with the bone-facing side, the neck portion having a second width; and 3) a tip portion extending away from the bone facing side, wherein the neck portion is formed as a waist such that the second width is less than the first width; and
wherein the first and second fastener holes and the plug lie on a common plane that is oriented along the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction.