Patent ID: 8821551
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of bone stabilization between an unstable bone and a stable bone, comprising: making a first incision adjacent a second, stable metatarsal of a foot; passing cerclage material into the first incision, around the second metatarsal, and back out through the first incision; threading the cerclage material through a dorsal loop of a bone stabilization plate; disposing the bone stabilization plate against a lateral cortex of the second metatarsal; tying the cerclage material around the second metatarsal and the bone stabilization plate in a cerclage fashion; making a second incision along a first, unstable metatarsal of the foot; drilling a hole through the first metatarsal; creating a tunnel through soft tissue between the first metatarsal and the second metatarsal, the tunnel connecting the first and second incisions; passing free ends of the cerclage material through the tunnel from lateral to medial direction and pulling the free ends of the cerclage material through the hole in the first metatarsal; applying tension to the cerclage material while reducing angular deformity between the first and second metatarsals; inserting an interference screw medially in the hole of the first metatarsal, thereby fixing the cerclage material to the first metatarsal under tension; and pulling the free ends of the cerclage material through a second drill hole in the first metatarsal and inserting a second interference screw medially into the second hole.