Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-12-08
1997-10-14
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 73, 606 59, A61B 1758
Patent
active
056766670
ABSTRACT:
A fixation plate for fixing the position of a fractured bone is provided. The fixation plate includes an elongated rigid plate having a plurality of first apertures spaced along the length of the plate. The first apertures are arranged and sized to receive threaded fasteners for fastening the plate to the bone on both sides of the fracture. The fixation plate also includes a plurality of second apertures spaced along the length of the plate. The second apertures, which are smaller than the first apertures, are arranged and sized to receive tacks to temporarily attach the plate to the bone on both sides of the fracture.
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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, "May Anatomical Bone Plates", Mar. 1990.
Buiz Michael
Reip David O.
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