Patent ID: 9566097
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for acromio-clavicular repair, comprising: forming an incision near a lateral end of the clavicle; positioning a bone plate over a desired portion of the clavicle through the incision (in situ), the bone plate extending along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and including an upper surface facing away from the clavicle, a bone contacting surface facing the clavicle, a plate hole extending therethrough from the upper surface to the bone contacting surface and a connection section arranged at the second end; advancing at least one bone fixation element through the plate hole into the clavicle to fix the bone plate to the clavicle; coupling a connecting portion of a hook to the connection section of the bone plate via a fastening element; moving the fastening element from a first position to a second position while being coupled to the bone plate to prevent disengagement of the hook from the plate while allowing relative rotation between the hook and the bone plate; after the advancing step, rotating the hook relative to the longitudinal axis of the bone plate in situ to a desired angle to position a tip of the hook below and engage the hook to the acromion of the clavicle to restore a height of the clavicle relative to the acromion; and moving the fastening element from the second position to a third position to fix the hook at the desired angle relative to the bone plate.