Patent ID: 9468436
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for inserting an osteosynthesis clip into bone tissue fragments, the clip including at least two engagement straight legs extending approximately parallel to one another in a first direction and including respective distal bridging tips and respective proximal insertion tips; and a connecting bridge coupled to the distal bridging tips of the two engagement straight legs, the connecting bridge extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and including at least two elongated sections extending along side one another, the elongated sections extending along a non-linear curved trajectory to form a non-linear curved deformable region, the method comprising: pre-drilling the bone tissue fragments with respective clip reception holes to respectively receive the engagement straight legs of the osteosynthesis clip; inserting the straight legs of the clip into the pre-drilled reception holes in the bone tissue fragments; applying a first force to separate the elongated sections of the clip from one another in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions to cause the engagement straight legs of the clip to approach one another and to cause the bone tissue fragments to come in contact with one another under pressure; and applying a second force to the elongated sections of the clip in an area of the non-linear curved deformable region in the first direction to cause at least a partial linearization of the non-linear deformable region while applying a third force opposed to the second force in the first direction to the distal bridging tips to cause the proximal insertion tips to pivot toward one another about the distal bridging tips of the clip while preventing the straight legs of the clip from being withdrawn from the bone tissue fragments.