US 12,465,404 B2
External fixation K-wire clamp and corresponding method of use
Scott Smyth, Memphis, TN (US); and Steve Miller, Scotts Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US); SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, Zug (CH); and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,215.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/437,824, filed on Jan. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0225699 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/64 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/6458 (2013.01) [A61B 17/6425 (2013.01); A61B 17/6466 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An external fixation system comprising:
an external fixation K-wire clamp including:
a main body including a first contacting surface and a rail positioned opposite the first contacting surface, the rail extending parallel to the first contacting surface, the rail being formed in, or affixed to, the main body, the rail being arranged and configured to be received by a channel formed in a rod-to-rod clamp for coupling the external fixation K-wire clamp to a spanning rod;
a plate member including a second contacting surface parallel to the first contacting surface; and
a mechanism for moving the plate member relative to the main body to selectively secure a position of a K-wire within an elongated channel between the first and second contacting surfaces.