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Phalangeal head plate

US10182855B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Adam Hashmi · West Chester, US
Mirko Rocci · Solothurn, CH
Lynn Kelly · West Chester, US
Fabienne Fischer · Zuchwil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2014
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2037

Classification

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

Abstract

A bone plate sized and shaped for fixation to a phalangeal bone includes a head extending from a first end to a second end and having first, second and third fixation element holes extending therethrough and arranged in a triangular configuration on the head, an outer wall of the head having a triangular shape corresponding to the triangular configuration, a bone contacting surface of the head being contoured to conform to the anatomy of a lateral surface of a phalangeal head and a shaft extending from the head, the shaft including fourth and fifth plate holes separated from one another by an elongated fixation element hole elongated in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft.

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