Biomet Manufacturing Corporation

Biomet C.v.

Kelly Lackey

Brian K Berelsman

Bryce Alan Isch

John Early

Chris Bremer

John G Anderson

Leslie Grujic

Donald Bohay

Ross Takkwong Leung

Described herein are examples of illustrative orthopedic staples, systems and methods. In an illustrative orthopedic staple for fusion of a foot or ankle bone fracture, the staple includes a bridge, a first staple leg and a second staple legs. The bridge of the illustrative staple extends from a first end portion to a second end portion along a first direction. The bridge also includes a step down region located between the first end portion and the second end portion, the step down region having a height along the insertion axis of the staple. In some examples, the first staple leg has a first staple leg height extending from the bridge to the first distal tip and the second staple leg has a second staple leg height extending from the bridge to the second distal tip, and the first staple leg height is greater than the second staple leg height.

Step staple for fracture fixation

A calcaneal targeting device includes a guide body configured to target a corresponding calcaneal bone plate. The guide body includes at least one mounting opening that is configured to align with a corresponding mounting opening of the calcaneal bone plate, at least one targeting opening configured to align with a corresponding fixation opening of the calcaneal bone plate, and a guiding portion that includes a tali targeting opening and a first elongated opening that has a first length. The first elongated opening is configured to allow sliding of a guide wire across the first length and align the tali targeting opening with a sustentaculum tali.

Calcaneal bone plate targeting guide

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Warsaw, IN, United States of America

Kelly Lackey