Orthopedic compression plate and method of surgery

US10213236B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ORTHOHELIX SURGICAL DESIGNS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Derek S. Lewis · Copley, US
• Elizabeth Altenau · Cleveland, US
• Gordon Bennett · Wadsworth, US
• Bryan D. Den Hartog · Rapid City, US
• Jackson R. Heavener · Warsaw, US
• Brian Hockett · Parma, US
• Jeffrey Johnson · Camden, US
• David B. Kay · Rochester, US
• Andrew J. Leither · Akron, US
• Ellen Pokorney · Minneapolis, US
• Allison Wright · Wichita, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/8095
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An orthopedic plate has a first end including a locking screw hole that receives a locking screw and spaced from that hole is a closed compression housing that extends from the bone-facing side of the plate and which receives a compression screw that forms an angle of from about 10° to about 70° with a longitudinal axis of the plate. The compression housing is not located on the medial line of the plate, but is peripheral to the medial line, either in the longitudinal or the medial direction of the plate.