Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Synthes Gmbh

Jordan P Conley

Daniel Frank Cheney

Scott P Larsen

Patrick J Swindon

James P Hearn

Philip Watt

Jeffrey Loftus-Vergari

Danielle Rossi

Andre Galm

Abishek P Modi

Abhishek P Modi

Fabian Jaeggi

An orthopedic fixation system including an orthopedic implant transitionable between a natural shape and an insertion shape. The orthopedic implant includes a bridge deformable to move the orthopedic implant between the natural shape and the insertion shape, a claw extending from the bridge at a first end thereof, and an anchor extending from the bridge at a second end thereof. The orthopedic implant when in the insertion shape affixes a bone fragment and a bone in that the anchor implants in the bone, the bridge extends over the bone and the bone fragment to position the claw at the bone fragment, and the claw captures the bone fragment. Moreover, upon an attempted transition of the orthopedic implant from the insertion shape to the natural shape, the orthopedic implant delivers energy stored therein to the bone fragment and the bone thereby affixing the bone fragment with the bone.

Orthopedic fixation system

A suture anchor insert comprising a body configured to be inserted into a hole in a bone plate. The body has a proximal end, a distal end, a length extending between the proximal and distal ends and substantially corresponding to a thickness of a bone plate, a sidewall, at least one plate engaging member extending outwardly from the sidewall to secure the body to the bone plate, a recess defined by the sidewall, and a transverse edge formed on the sidewall. A crossbar extends inwardly from the sidewall across the recess such that a free end of the crossbar is normally disposed distally of the transverse edge. The crossbar is flexible such that when a distally directed force is applied, the free end of the crossbar is positionable in the recess. The free end of the crossbar is engageable with the transverse edge to limit proximal motion of the crossbar.

Bone plate suture anchor

A suture anchor kit includes an anchor body having a central bore extending from an opening at a proximal end of the anchor body through a portion of the length thereof. A transverse member is disposed in the central bore such that the ends of the transverse member extend across the bore to the anchor body. A suture anchor threading apparatus may have a handle and a suture threader extending from the handle. The suture threader has a wire loop open sufficiently to accept at least one suture and is made of an elastic material having a resiliency sufficient to bend 120&#xb0; to 180&#xb0; about a 1 mm to 4 mm radius without permanent deformation.

Flexible suture anchor threader and suture anchor kit

A bone fixation assembly is provided, including a bone fixation plate that has a plurality of apertures having different cross-sectional dimensions, and a temporary fixation wire. The temporary fixation wire includes an abutment member that can compress the bone fixation plate against an underlying bone so that the alignment of the bone fixation plate on the bone can be analyzed prior to using bone fixation members to permanently attach the bone fixation plate to the underlying bone.

Methods and assemblies for aligning a bone fixation plate

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West Chester, PA, United States of America

Jordan P Conley