Patent ID: 9737348
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61B,Y10S

Claim:
1. A metatarsal bone stabilization device, comprising: an elongate body configured to extend along a length of a patient's metatarsal bone, the elongate body comprising a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end; two buttress wings, each extending away from an opposite side of the elongate body such that longitudinal axes of both buttress wings extend within a common transverse plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body, wherein inner surfaces of the buttress wings at least partially face each other and are configured so that when the elongate body and the buttress wings are placed against the patient's metatarsal bone, the patient's metatarsal bone is at least partially surrounded by the elongate body and the two buttress wings; and a channel formed by fixed and immobile surfaces on the device and defining a path substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body and directly aligned with the common transverse plane, the channel being configured such that when the elongate body and the two buttress wings are placed against the patient's metatarsal bone and cerclage material passes along the channel and is circumferentially tied around the elongate body and the underlying metatarsal bone to secure the cerclage material to an adjacent bone of the patient, the cerclage material extends directly over each of the two buttress wings.