Fracture fixation plates for the distal humerus

US8439955B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biomet C.V. · GI

Inventors

• Robert Sixto, Jr. · Miami, US
• Juergen A. Kortenbach · Hialeah, US
• Jose Luis Francese · Hialeah, US
• Michael Wich · Berlin, DE
• Roy W. Sanders · Tampa, US
• Scott Steinmann · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2008
• Grant date: May 14, 2013
• Expiry date: May 14, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S606/902
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for the internal fixation of a fractured bone of an elbow joint of a patient includes at least one bone plate, each bone plate having a plurality of holes and generally configured to fit an anatomical surface of the fractured bone. The at least one plate is adapted to be customized to the shape of a patient's bone. The system also includes a plurality of fasteners including at least one locking fastener for attaching the bone plate to the bone. At least one of the holes is a threaded hole. Guides for plate benders, drills, and/or K-wires can be pre-assembled to the threaded holes, and the locking fastener can lock into any of the threaded holes after the guides are removed.