Bepuy Products, Inc.

Pamela C Guzmán

Christopher J Hess

Rudolph Henry Nobis

Gary W Knight

Dale R Schulze

Michael F Clem

Ronald John Kolata

Michael A Wack

A bone plating apparatus includes a handle having extending therefrom a tissue expander for insertion through a skin incision and through the subcutaneous tissue surrounding a fractured bone. A bone plate may be secured to the handle during advancement of the tissue expander so as to deliver the bone plate to a desired location proximate to the fractured bone. Both the tissue expander and the bone plate may be advanced to the desired location proximate to the fractured bone under the visualization of an endoscope. A screw alignment jig is secured to the handle and has a guide hole which aligns with an access hole of the tissue expander. The alignment of the guide hole and the access hole allow for percutaneous screw insertion into the delivered bone plate. A method for plating a fractured bone is also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for endoscopic minimally invasive orthopaedic plating procedures

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Pamela C Guzmán