Locking bone plate

a bone plate and locking technology, applied in bone drill guides, medical science, surgery, etc., can solve the problems of reducing surgical flexibility, increasing complexity of procedures, and requiring more operating room time, and achieve the effect of greater flexibility of choi
US20080058815A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-06SWISS ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS SA
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
SWISS ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS SA
Publication Date
2008-03-06
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A bone plate with a longitudinal axis has a bone-contacting bottom side and a top side. Sets of overlapping holes communicate through the plate from the top to the bottom side. The overlapping holes have multifaceted surfaces such as a threaded surface or a coaxial series of annular grooves. The sets of overlapping holes are adapted to receive a bone screw with a head and a bone-engaging thread.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 551,295 of the same name, filed Sep. 24, 2005, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference thereto.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention relates to devices, implants and prostheses used in orthopedic surgery, and, more particularly, to bone plates used to reinforce fractured bones and thus promote healing.

[0003] A compressive screw system, also known as the DCS system, is a bone plate system that has been used in trauma surgery for many years. The procedures for use of this system are well documented by the AO Institute, an institute having as one of its goals, the promotion of new orthopaedic surgical procedures. This system included a bone plate having slots communicating therethrough. A land in which the slot is wider at one end defines a stepped surface adjacent the portion of the slot that extends through the bone plate. ...

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