Patent ID: 11896244
Assignee: WARREN WINDRAM
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of repairing plantar plate tears of an individual through augmentation comprising the steps of:
cutting an incision above a damaged area of a plantar plate on an individual;
spreading the tissue at or near the plantar plate with a plantar plate joint distractor to generate an open configuration along a spreader opening path;
positioning a plantar drill guide over the plantar plate;
inserting a drill insertion member into the plantar drill guide and at a drilling angle over tissue at or near the damaged area of the plantar plate;
drilling, with a drill bit and at the drilling angle, into the tissue at or near the damaged area of the plantar plate;
attaching at least one K-wire to a graft;
pulling, with the at least one K-wire, the graft across a damaged area of the plantar plate augmenting the damaged area of the plantar plate; and
manipulating, with a screw driver, at least one interference-type screw through the plantar plate and at least one of the at least one of the K-wire and the graft to engage and compress the graft for fixation.