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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
John M. Noon, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Joel Patrick Bales, Parkesburg, PA (US);
Tushar Savaliya, Dumont, NJ (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/66 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8071 (2013.01); A61B 17/66 (2013.01); A61B 17/8009 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02);
Abstract
Instrumentation and methods are provided for orthopedic surgery, including bone distraction. The application describes a bone distraction system that can be used to both distract and retract, or increase and decrease, a gap between first and second bone segments. The instrumentation can include any one of, or any combination of, a distractor, a ratchet, a first footplate, a second footplate, a first torque application instrument, and a second torque application instrument.