Patent ID: 9204932
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B,A61L,B65D

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic sizing and fixation system, comprising: (1) a sizing device to determine the appropriate size of surgical implant required for a surgical procedure, wherein the sizing device includes extending from its perimeter a first pair of projections with a fixed separation distance; (2) a first package adapted to receive therein the sizing device, whereby the package maintains the sizing device sterile after sterilization; (3) a first shape memory implant, comprising legs movable between an implanted position and an insertion position, wherein the distance between the legs of the first shape memory implant in their insertion position is equal to the fixed separation distance between the first pair of projections of the sizing device; and (4) a second package adapted to receive therein the first shape memory implant, whereby the second package maintains the first shape memory implant sterile after sterilization.