Patent ID: 11950822
Assignee: EXSOMED CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 4:
5. A method of fracture fixation, the method comprising:
delivering a guide wire having at least two diameters across fractured portions of a fractured bone, the guide wire comprising a first, trailing portion having a first diameter and a second, leading portion having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, wherein the delivering comprises extending the second portion of the guide wire through cortex of the bone from a side nearer to an insertion location of the guide wire on the bone to a side further away from the insertion location;
slidably mounting a cannulated elongate implant onto the first portion of the guide wire, the implant comprising an at least partially threaded shaft, the thread being on a portion of the shaft extending from a leading end of the implant toward a head of the implant;
inserting the cannulated elongate implant into the bone guided by the guide wire, wherein threads of the implant engages the cortex on the side further away from the insertion location; and
removing the guide wire from the bone by pulling the second portion of the guide wire away from the bone at the side further away from the insertion location,
wherein the method does not include predrilling the bone prior to delivering the guide wire into the bone.