Patent ID: 9717543
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical method for bone fixation and stabilization on a patient, comprising: exposing at least a portion of a first base of afirst phalanx and a second phalanx at a joint of a patient; creating a passage in an intramedullary canal of the first phalanx extending through a first region of subchondral bone adjacent the first base, cancellous bone, and at least a portion of a second region of subchondral bone adjacent a second base of the first phalanx on an opposing side of the cancellous bone as compared to the first region of subchondral bone; inserting a first head portion of a fixation device along the passage in the intramedullary canal in a translating manner past the first region of subchondral bone and the cancellous bone in the first phalanx until the first head portion engages the second region of subchondral bone at the second base of the first phalanx, the fixation device having an opposing second head portion extending out of the passage from the first phalanx; and introducing the second phalanx onto the second head portion so that the second head portion anchors in cancellous bone of the second phalanx.