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Rib fixation system

US10058363B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

1References

10Claims

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Assignee

KARL LEIBINGER MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Shawn Burke · Jacksonville, US
Travis Simpson · Atlantic Beach, US
Rich McLaughlin · Jacksonville Beach, US
Axel Waizenegger · Zwingenberg, DE
Daniel Grimm · McHenry, US
Thomas Koett · Mühlheim an der Donau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2015
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/8085
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A rib fixation system having a bone plate and mono-cortical bone screws adapted for affixation to a rib, the security of the system being enhanced by providing paired sets of screw-receiving openings, wherein the offset axis of each opening of the paired set is approximately ten degrees off from the normal axis in the transverse direction toward the longitudinal midline of the bone plate and is also approximately ten degrees off the normal axis in the longitudinal direction, with the offset axis of each opening in a paired set being turned toward the other opening in the paired set.

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