	US 11,839,556 B2
	Bone plate trial
Denis Digeser, Freiburg (DE); Nina Kozic, Bern (CH); and Ulrich Spaelter, Freiburg (DE)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,388.
Application 17/167,388 is a division of application No. 15/838,773, filed on Dec. 12, 2017, granted, now 10,940,023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,669, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236304 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)

CPC A61F 2/4684 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/8085 (2013.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.02); A61F 2/2846 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01); A61B 17/80 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61F 2002/30609 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30616 (2013.01)]

8 Claims

1. A method of sizing an implant comprising the steps of: providing a bone plate template having a first and a second oppositely oriented surfaces, a first rigid portion and a second rigid portion; determining whether the first or second surfaces are to be placed on a bone based upon the configuration of the second rigid portion with respect to the bone; moving the second rigid portion from a first position to a second position with respect to the first rigid portion; placing the bone plate template on the bone; and selecting an implant based upon the bone plate template, said method further including the step of reducing the size of the bone plate template to select the implant, wherein the step of reducing the size of the bone plate template is performed by detaching a tail portion of the first rigid portion.