US 12,484,940 B2
Implant with intramedullary portion and extramedullary portion
Erin Muller, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Andy J. Leither, Akron, OH (US); David B. Kay, Akron, OH (US); Bryan D. Den Hartog, St. Paul, MN (US); Anthony Perera, Cardiff (GB); Priya Prasad, Sunrise, FL (US); Gary W. Lowery, Eads, TN (US); and Joseph Ryan Woodard, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/240,631.
Application 18/482,193 is a division of application No. 17/108,120, filed on Dec. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,813,003, issued on Nov. 14, 2023.
Application 19/240,631 is a continuation of application No. 19/019,993, filed on Jan. 14, 2025, granted, now 12,364,523.
Application 19/019,993 is a continuation of application No. 18/482,193, filed on Oct. 6, 2023.
Application 17/108,120 is a continuation of application No. 16/162,502, filed on Oct. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,881,436, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,046, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2025/0302511 A1, Oct. 2, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7291 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/164 (2013.01); A61B 17/1725 (2013.01); A61B 17/7233 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61F 2/4225 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4233 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
separating a bone into a first section and a second section;
inserting an intramedullary portion of an implant into the second section of the bone, the intramedullary portion having a first longitudinal axis and a first aperture, the first aperture having an aperture axis oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the first longitudinal axis, the implant having an extramedullary portion connected to the intramedullary portion, the extramedullary portion having a second aperture;
driving a wire into the first section of the bone;
applying a force to a wire disposed in the first section of the bone to rotate the first section of the bone relative to the second section of bone while the intramedullary portion of the implant is disposed within second section of the bone;
inserting a first fastener into the second aperture and into the first section of the bone to attach the extramedullary portion of the implant to the first section of the bone; and
inserting a second fastener into the second section of the bone and into the first aperture of the intramedullary portion.