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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1725 (2013.01); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for aligning an aiming block with respect to a bone includes driving a bone screw into a bone to pass a tip of the bone screw through a hole of an intramedullary nail and to anchor a head of the bone screw in a cortical region of the bone; inserting a pin extending from a surface of an aiming block through a hole of a bone plate; and contacting the pin against the head of the bone screw to align the hole of the bone plate with the head of the bone screw.