US 12,150,683 B2
Clavicle implants
Robert Sixto, Miami, FL (US); Andrea Suarez, Miami Springs, FL (US); Juergen A Kortenbach, Miami Springs, FL (US); and Alejandro Perez, Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/723,492.
Application 16/723,492 is a continuation of application No. 15/136,398, filed on Apr. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,548,649.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/152,320, filed on Apr. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0214751 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/8085 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8863 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing three superior implant bone plates ranging in size including a first plate having a small size, a second plate having a medium size, and a third plate having a large size; each of the three superior implant bone plates including a main bone plate body having two opposing curved sections adapted for a superior surface of a clavicle, wherein each of the opposing curved sections is pre-formed and defines a pre-formed radius with one pre-formed radius of the three bones plates ranging from 60 mm to 90 mm and the other pre-formed radius of the three bone plates ranging from 83 mm to 100 mm; a bendable waist portion narrower than the main body of the superior implant bone plate; and wherein the three superior implant bone plates are configured to fit a range of clavicle radii of 39 mm to 130 mm;
choosing one of the three superior implant bone plates depending on the size and shape of the clavicle; and
bending the chosen superior implant bone plate at the bendable waist portion to shape the superior implant bone plate to be received on the superior surface of the clavicle.