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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
Gabriel Surma, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Pamela C. Guzman, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Mary Pile, Knoxville, TN (US);
Dale Dellacqua, Bloomington, IN (US);
Andrew K. Palmer, Eastham, MA (US);
Gabriel Surma, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Pamela C. Guzman, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Mary Pile, Knoxville, TN (US);
Dale Dellacqua, Bloomington, IN (US);
Andrew K. Palmer, Eastham, MA (US);
Nextremity Solutions, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A fusion implant and fusion members for fusing target bones of an upper extremity. The fusion implant including internally threaded apertures of a first thread lead, and the fusion members including threading of the first thread lead and threading of a second thread lead that is less than the first thread lead. The fusion implant and a targeting instrument being configured to couple to one another in a predefined orientation. The predetermined orientation resulting in alignment of aspects of the fusion implant with aspects of the targeting instrument. A guide clamp for facilitating forming of an implant cavity in adjacent bones for implantation of the fusion implant therein. A surgical method for facilitating fusion of adjacent target bones utilizing a fusion implant, fusion members, a targeting instrument and a guide clamp to reduce space between the adjacent bones such that they at least abut one another.