US 12,458,334 B2
Instruments and methods for complete plantar plate repairs
Michael J. Coughlin, Boise, ID (US); Lowell F. Weil, Jr., Des Plaines, IL (US); Paul S. Shurnas, Lafayette, CO (US); Jesse G. Moore, Frisco, TX (US); and William Michael Karnes, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,813.
Application 18/381,813 is a division of application No. 17/161,967, filed on Jan. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,826,034.
Application 17/161,967 is a continuation of application No. 16/216,342, filed on Dec. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,918,369, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Application 16/216,342 is a continuation of application No. 13/724,600, filed on Dec. 21, 2012, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/583,915, filed on Jan. 6, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057989 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 17/8866 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 17/1686 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61F 2/4225 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4233 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical repair system for performing a plantar plate repair, comprising:
a distractor including:
a first handle;
a first arm that extends from the first handle;
a first housing that extends from the first arm;
a second handle;
a second arm that extends from the second handle;
a second housing that extends from the second arm; and
a pivot pin extending through the first arm and the second arm,
wherein each of the first handle and the second handle includes an oblong shaped finger opening disposed at a proximal end of the distractor,
wherein the first housing and the second housing each include a proximal passage and distal passage that are each circumscribed by a surface of the first housing or the second housing.