Patent ID: 9271776
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for repairing a comminuted bone including at least an unfractured bone portion and fractured bone portions, the method comprising the acts of: utilizing a plate having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and at least one aperture for receiving one of a screw and a post therethrough; securing the plate to the unfractured bone portion of the comminuted bone; inserting the one of the screw and the post through the at least one aperture through the plate; attaching a portion of the fractured bone portions to the one of the screw and the post using at least one suture; and rotating the one of the screw and the post to wind the at least one suture around the one of the screw and the post, wherein the winding of the at least one suture draws the portion of the fractured bone portions closer to the one of the screw and the post to position the portion of the fractured bone portions relative to the unfractured bone portion; the winding of the at least one suture being in contact with an exterior of the one of the screw and the post and between the exterior of the one of the screw and the post and the portion of the fractured bone portions.