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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Jace Medical, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jason F. Detweiler, Warsaw, IN (US);
Scott Steffensmeier, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Assignee:
Jace Medical, LLC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/8038 (2013.01); A61B 17/8076 (2013.01); A61B 17/1789 (2016.11);
Abstract
Implant positioning devices for use with and assisting in positioning orthopaedic fixation devices (such as bone plates, etc.). An implant positioning device may include a body that has a fastener guide with slits in a first end of the fastener guide that form a retaining arm proximal to the first end of the fastener guide. The implant positioning device may also be coupled to a bone plate by a retaining beam positioned within the implant positioning device to facilitate ease of alignment and insertion of the fastener into a fastener apertures of the bone plate.