Systems and Methods for Alignment Between Bone Plate and Intramedullary Nail

Abstract: a method of attaching a fixation construct to a long bone includes attaching a guide block to a bone plate, placing the bone plate against a surface of the long bone, connecting two k-wires to the guide block, locating the medial-lateral direction, confirming an overlapping alignment of the two k-wires in the medial-lateral direction, confirming a positioning of the bone plate with respect to the bone, and securing the bone plate to the bone.

Inventor(s): Nils Zander, Manfred Wieland, Hendrik Kluever

CPC Classification: A61B17/8061 ({specially adapted for particular bones ( and take precedence)})

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