Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

Murray John Penner

Bryan D Den Hartog

Gregory Charles Berlet

Bruce E Cohen

Jesse G Moore

Scott A Armacost

Sach Combs

Paul M Stemniski

Braham K Dhillon

David G Reynolds

Daniel E Free

Robert M Howles

Gary W Lowery

Vinay D Patel

Matthew David Schultz

Dean J Nachtrab

Shawn Mcginley

Ramon Luna

Shawn E McGinley

Julia C Alspaugh

William Bragg

Shawn McGINLEY

Gregory C Berlet

Viany D Patel

Matthew D Schulz

David Reynolds

A guide for use in cutting a bone is disclosed. The guide includes a bone contacting surface contoured to conformably mate with a first bone surface when placed against the first bone surface, and a guide surface that is spaced apart from the bone contacting surface. At least one prescribed patient-specific depth of cut information is provided on the guide surface that corresponds to the desired depth of cut being made using the guide.

Surgical guide with cutting depth information

The disclosed subject matter relates to a system and method for preparing a surface of a bone proximate a joint, in which the preparation includes boring a plurality of arced channels/troughs in the bone surface using an arch drill assembly guided by plural guide bores along a predetermined longitudinal arc. The bored troughs create a scalloped surface on the bone to which an inverse contoured joint insert/implant having cooperating convex ridges engages. The plural guide bores are also defined by the predetermined longitudinal arc which may be circular or helical. The disclosed subject matter minimizes bone removal and allows greater access options for preparing the bone surface.

Methods and apparatus for joint repair

An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.

Implant and method for ankle syndemosis treatment

A method includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone and inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel. The flexible construct includes a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop. The at least one flexible strand includes a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop. A length of the adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing. The first end of the at least one flexible strand is coupled to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.

Augmented suture construct for syndesmotic stabilization

Implant and method for ankle syndesmosis treatment

Surgical methods for multi-component ankle prosthesis are provided that include use of a guide arm, a ratchet arm frame configured to be coupled slidably to the guide arm, a ratchet arm configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm frame, and a sagittal sizing guide body configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm. Methods including a sagittal sizing guide body include positioning a first radiopaque object at a first position and a second radiopaque object located at a second position that is spaced apart from the first position.

Ankle replacement system and method

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Murray John Penner