Patent ID: 9421103
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A fusion implant system for use on an ankle of a patient comprising at least one locking screw having a threaded distal portion and an externally threaded head portion, at least one fusion screw having a fusion screw head portion, and a plate extending along a longitudinal axis comprising a rail member having a Z-direction and a first segment which is a calcaneal segment including a C-shaped stirrup in cross-section in the direction of the longitudinal axis that curves in a compound curve that forms 70°+/−10° of a circle of a radius having a radius of from 0.74 inch to 0.84 inch +/−0.1 inch and a top surface configured to face away from a tibia and the rail member undulates in the Z-direction as a portion of the compound curve whereby the C-shaped stirrup of the calcaneal segment is configured to wrap under an inferior surface of a calcaneus and has a distal hole that receives the fusion screw and cooperates with the fusion screw head portion for holding the plate relative to the calcaneus in use, the plate having a second segment configured for attachment to a talus and further including at least one internally threaded hole that cooperates with the externally threaded head portion of the locking screw to form a locked angle relation between the locking screw and the plate, and the plate having a third segment configured for attachment to a lateral section of the tibia.