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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Jace Medical, Llc, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Scott Steffensmeier, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Jason Detweiler, Warsaw, IN (US);
Justin James May, Leesburg, IN (US);
Jace Medical, LLC, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Abstract
An implant positioning device including a guide and holder for fasteners used in orthopaedic fixation for use in affixing a plate-like member to a bone or other part of a patient. The guide and holder includes a base adapted to align with the plate in a manner to orient fasteners with the plate for fixation. A plurality of fastener holders are on the base and adapted to releasably hold a fastener in a manner where the fastener is exposed at a proximal end for access by a fastener driver and aligned at a distal end with an aperture on the plate through which the fastener is to be driven.