Proximal femur hook plate

US11344344B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kenny Koay · West Chester, US
• Jessica Galie · West Chester, US
• Troy Probst · West Chester, US
• Peter Fatone · Exton, US
• Bryan Fritz · West Chester, US
• Mike Brace · West Chester, US
• Glenna Smith · West Chester, US
• George J. Haidukewych · Orlando, US
• Karl Stoffel · Bottmingen, CH
• Cory A. Collinge · Fort Worth, US
• Frank A. Liporace · Englewood Cliffs, US
• Bruce H. Ziran · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2018
• Grant date: May 31, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/8061
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bone plate for treating periprosthetic fractures includes a head portion to be positioned along a greater trochanter of a bone. The head portion includes pairs of bone fixation element receiving openings extending therethrough from a first surface of the plate which, when the plate is in an operative position, faces away from the bone, and a second surface which, when the plate is in the operative position, faces toward the bone. A pair of cable holes extend through the head portion from a first longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces to a second longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces. The head portion includes a pair of hooks for engaging a superior ridge of the greater trochanter. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion to extend along a portion of the bone distal of the greater trochanter.