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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/28 (2013.01); A61B 17/2812 (2013.01); A61B 17/2816 (2013.01); A61B 17/282 (2013.01); A61B 17/2833 (2013.01); A61B 17/2841 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating an articular fracture of a tibia using a tibia plate with an extension arm, including: making an incision to expose the tibia; reducing the articular fracture of the tibia; contouring the tibia plate to fit the tibia; preliminarily fixing the tibia plate to the tibia; placing a screw partially into the tibia through a lateral elongated hole in the tibia plate; applying compression between a plate screw hole in the extension arm and an anterior surface of the tibia; and placing additional plate screws in the tibia through additional screw holes in the tibia plate.