Patent ID: 9522023
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus usable to secure an orthopedic plate to a first bone segment and a second bone segment for coupling the first bone segment to the second bone segment, the apparatus comprising: a jig comprising: an orthopedic plate securable to the first bone segment and the second bone segment for coupling the first bone segment to the second bone segment; and a plate holding mechanism separable from the jig and couplable to the jig without contacting the first arm at the first securing location on the first arm and without contacting the second arm at the second securing location on the second arm, the plate holding mechanism contacting and holding the orthopedic plate and having at least two adjustment mechanisms, each adjustment mechanism operable to move the orthopedic plate along a different movement axis with respect to the first bone segment and the second bone segment when the first arm of the jig is secured to the first bone segment at the first securing location on the first arm and the second arm of the jig is secured to the second bone segment at the second securing location on the second arm, wherein, when the first arm of the jig is secured to the first bone segment at the first securing location on the first arm and the second arm of the jig is secured to the second bone segment at the second securing location on the second arm, the plate holding mechanism is capable of contacting and holding the orthopedic plate in a manner in which the plate holding mechanism is located externally of and over the first bone segment and the second bone segment for positioning the orthopedic plate with respect to the first bone segment and the second bone segment.