Patent ID: 11857234
Assignee: FIELD ORTHOPAEDICS PTY LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A method for repairing a bone utilizing an orthopaedic bone stabilization device, the device comprising: an elongate and integrally formed body having a length (L) extending between a proximal end and a distal end with a cannulation extending therethrough, the elongate body further comprising: a first threaded section comprising a head located at the proximal end, the head being configured to interface with a driver, the first threaded section comprising external helical threads and one or more cutting flutes extending along a length (L1) of the first threaded section, the first threaded section extending between the proximal end of the elongate body and a first location of the elongate body wherein the first threaded section tapers from the proximal end to the first location such that outer thread diameter (DT1) of the first section gradually decreases from the proximal end to the first location of the elongate body, and a second threaded section comprising external helical threads, the second threaded section having a length (L2) and a substantially uniform thread diameter (DT2) and extending between the distal end of the elongate body and a second location of the elongate body, wherein the threads on the first section have the same pitch as the threads on the second section, and wherein the first and second sections comprising the same number of starts the method including the steps of:
(a) inserting a guide wire into a fractured bone to extend the guide wire across one or more fractures in the bone, and
(b) positioning the entire length (L) of the bone stabilization device completely into the bone by (i) positioning the guide wire in the cannula of the stabilization device, (ii) rotationally driving the device by engaging a driving end of a driving tool with the head of the device and rotatably driving the device using the driving tool over the guide wire until the device is positioned completely inside the opening on each side of the fracture in order to non-compressively stabilize the bone.