Proximal femur plate system

US11510712B2 · 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: Nov 29, 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 sized and shaped so that, in an operative position, a proximal end thereof aligns with a vastus ridge of a greater trochanter of a femur. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion. The shaft portion includes offset holes to receive bone fixation elements therethrough. Each of the offset holes includes a first hole positioned on a first side of a longitudinal axis of the plate and a second hole positioned on a second side of the longitudinal axis opposite the first side so that bone fixation elements inserted therethrough extend anterior and posterior of a prosthetic received within the femur. The first and second holes are staggered relative to one another along a length of the shaft portion and extending beyond longitudinal edges of the shaft portion.