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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Kyle Taylor, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Todd A. Krinke, Buffalo, MN (US);
Alex A. Peterson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Thomas David Magnuson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steve D. Kruse, St. Michael, MN (US);
Mark Robert Bilitz, Plymouth, MN (US);
Stefan J. Hertel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael P. Brenzel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul Hindrichs, Plymouth, MN (US);
Kyle Taylor, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Todd A. Krinke, Buffalo, MN (US);
Alex A. Peterson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Thomas David Magnuson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steve D. Kruse, St. Michael, MN (US);
Mark Robert Bilitz, Plymouth, MN (US);
Stefan J. Hertel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael P. Brenzel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul Hindrichs, Plymouth, MN (US);
Conventus Orthopaedics, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for preparing a fractured bone for repair. Preparing the bone may include fracture reduction. Preparing the bone may include holding a fracture in reduction. Preparing the bone may include identifying locations for obtaining access to an interior region of the bone. The apparatus may include structures outside the bone that interact with fragments of the bone. The structures may participate in the reduction. The structures may participate in holding the reduction. The structures may participate in identifying the locations.