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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Vinay Patel, Bartlett, TN (US);
Mary Mccombs-Stearnes, Lakeland, TN (US);
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An article comprises a unitary plate configured to conform to a foot of a patient. The plate has a dorsal portion shaped to conform to a dorsal surface of a medial column of the foot and a plantar-medial portion shaped to conform to a medial surface of a first metatarsal of the foot and extend to a plantar surface of the first metatarsal. The plantar-medial portion is integrally attached to the dorsal portion. The plate has a plurality of apertures for receiving screws. The apertures include: a plurality of first apertures through the dorsal portion, adapted to receive a respective one or more first screws to be inserted into a dorsal surface of a talus of the foot, and at least one second aperture adapted to receive a second screw inserted through a plantar end of the plantar-medial portion into a first metatarsal of the foot.