Patent ID: 11896273
Assignee: KLS MARTIN, L.P.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A customized, patient-specific implant assembly configured to fixedly position a mobile bone segment relative to a non-mobile bone segment, the mobile and non-mobile bone segments having surface topographies, the implant assembly comprising:
one or more fixation bone plates each comprising a pre-osteotomy conforming portion and a post-osteotomy conforming portion joined by a transition portion, wherein the pre-osteotomy conforming portion is configured to conform to a portion of the surface topography of the non-mobile bone segment, and wherein the post-osteotomy conforming portion is configured to conform to a portion of the surface topography of the mobile bone segment;
bone screws configured to affix the one or more fixation bone plates to the bone segments;
bone screw apertures configured to receive the bone screws, the bone screw apertures disposed in the pre-osteotomy conforming portions and the post-osteotomy conforming portions of the one or more fixation bone plates;
one or more removable pre-osteotomy conforming alignment plates connected to the pre-osteotomy conforming portions of the one or more fixation bone plates by severable bridging members; and
one or more removable post-osteotomy conforming alignment plates connected to the post-osteotomy conforming portions of the one or more fixation bone plates by severable bridging members,
wherein the one or more removable pre-osteotomy conforming alignment plates are configured to conform to other portions of the surface topography of the non-mobile bone segment, and wherein the one or more removable post-osteotomy conforming alignment plates are configured to conform to other portions of the surface topography of the mobile bone segment;
wherein the assembly is configured such that, with the one or more fixation plates affixed to the bone segments by the bone screws, the one or more removable pre-osteotomy conforming alignment plates and the one or more removable post-osteotomy conforming alignment plates are removable from the one or more fixation plates by severing the bridging members.