Internal fixation plate

Details Internal fixation plate Internal fixation plate

1996-07-16

1998-02-17

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 60, 606 70, 606 72, A61B 1758

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057187053

ABSTRACT:
A multi-purpose internal fixation plate for stabilization of fractured or broken bones. The fixation plate comprises a central hub portion with a plurality of radial, integral fingers extending therefrom and evenly spaced thereabout. The fixation plate is designed to be cut to size and to the desired configuration by the total or partial removal of one or more selected ones of the fingers. The fixation plate is further designed to be bent to the desired shape depending upon the application for which it is used. The hub portion and the fingers may be provided with appropriately configured apertures through which they can be screwed by surgical screws to the bone or bones to be stabilized. The fixation plate is made of any appropriate surgically compatible, bendable and cutable material, having sufficient strength.

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patent: 4903691 (1990-02-01), Heinl
patent: 4905679 (1990-03-01), Morgan
patent: 5364398 (1994-11-01), Chapman et al.
Howmedica your orthopaedic resource, 1992 Product Catalog, Chapter I.

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