Patent ID: 9662153
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for placing a fixation member within a medullary canal of a radius, the method comprising: defining a side aperture in the radius that extends into a medullary canal thereof; attaching a guide member to the fixation member with a guide fastener; inserting the fixation member through the side aperture until the fixation member is positioned in the medullary canal; attaching an interchangeable distal guide member to the guide member after the fixation member is positioned in the medullary canal, wherein the distal guide member defines a plurality of fastener guide openings; defining a plurality of fastener openings within the radius via the plurality of fastener guide openings defined in the distal guide member that align with a plurality of fastener openings defined in the fixation member; and advancing a plurality of bone fasteners through the plurality of fastener guide openings defined in the distal guide member and the plurality of fastener openings defined in the fixation member and the radius.