US 12,478,381 B2
Devices and techniques for treating lesser metatarsals of the foot
Adriaan Kuyler, Ponte Vedra, FL (US); Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, FL (US); Paul Dayton, Ankeny, IA (US); William T. DeCarbo, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Mark Erik Easley, Durham, NC (US); Daniel J. Hatch, Greeley, CO (US); Jody McAleer, Jefferson City, MO (US); Robert D. Santrock, Morgantown, WV (US); and W. Bret Smith, Durango, CO (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc, Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,596.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/313,726, filed on Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/406,486, filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0263536 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/66 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/15 (2013.01) [A61B 17/66 (2013.01); A61B 17/1775 (2016.11)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
positioning a first pin-receiving hole of a first engagement arm of a compressor-distractor over a first bone portion that is one of an intermediate cuneiform, a lateral cuneiform, and a cuboid, the first engagement arm having a first straight portion defining the first pin-receiving hole and extending dorsally and laterally from the first bone portion and a first angled portion extending plantarly and laterally from the first straight portion;
positioning a second pin-receiving hole of a second engagement arm of the compressor-distractor over at second bone portion that is one of second metatarsal, a third metatarsal, a fourth metatarsal, or a fifth metatarsal, the second engagement arm having a second straight portion defining the second pin-receiving hole and extending dorsally and laterally from the second bone portion and a second angled portion extending plantarly and laterally from the second straight portion;
inserting a first pin through the first pin-receiving hole and into the underlying first bone portion;
inserting a second pin through the second pin-receiving hole and into the underlying second bone portion; and
actuating the compressor-distractor to adjust a separation distance between the first bone portion and the second bone portion.