Acromioclavicular hook plate

US11583317B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Martin ZENKER · Zuchwil, CH
• Andre Galm · Basel, CH
• Daniel Andermatt · Zuchwil, CH
• Martin Bammerlin · Basel, CH
• Gianluca Tordi · Riccione, IT
• Martin Jaeger · Freiburg im Breisgau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2023
• Expiry date: May 13, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bone plate for treating acromioclavicular dislocations includes a shaft including a lateral portion sized and shaped to be positioned along a superior aspect of a lateral clavicle, the shaft including a plurality of openings extending therethrough for receiving bone fixation elements therein and a hook member extending from the shaft so that, in an operative position, the hook member is hooked under an acromion and the lateral portion of the shaft is positioned on the superior aspect of the lateral clavicle, the lateral portion of the shaft being substantially rounded so that the hook member is movable in one of an anterior direction and a posterior direction while the shaft maintains contact with the superior aspect of the lateral clavicle without any portion of the lateral portion of the shaft protruding beyond a surface of the lateral clavicle.