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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Acumed Llc, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mark B. Sommers, Beaverton, OR (US);
Roy Werner Sanders, Tampa, FL (US);
James G. Falkner, Jr., Beaverton, OR (US);
Caleb Abraham Martin, Beaverton, OR (US);
Zachary James Stroh, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Scott Francis Mastroianni, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Andrew William Seykora, Portland, OR (US);
Ann Nicole Santich, Corvallis, OR (US);
Larry W. Ehmke, Portland, OR (US);
Oren S. Bernstein, Portland, OR (US);
Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for fixing bone using an intramedullary nail locked to an encircling anchor including a bushing and a locking member. An exemplary system may include any combination of the nail, one or more bushings, one or more locking members, an instrument to guide installation of the bushing, at least one drill, and a driver that attaches to the bushing. The instrument may define a guide axis and be configured to be coupled to a bone such that the guide axis extends across the bone. The instrument may be used to guide a drill, the bushing, and/or the locking member along the guide axis into the bone. The nail may be configured to be placed along the medullary canal of the bone such that the nail extends through the bushing, and the locking member may be configured to lock the nail to the bushing.