Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-21
2011-06-21
Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3733)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
active
07963979
ABSTRACT:
A provisional bone plate formed of an implantable plastic and having a length corresponding to the longest bone plate in a particular family of bone plates. The provisional bone plate includes a head contoured to match the head of a particular bone as well as a shaft for placement adjacent the bone shaft. The provisional bone plate includes a plurality of circumferential notches surrounding the elongate body or shaft of the bone plate. The circumferential notches are substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bone plate and define frangible portions of the bone plate which can be removed from the distal end thereof to alter the length of the provisional periarticular bone plate to correspond to the length of the various bone plates in a family of bone plates. The provisional bone plate is constructed of a biologically suitable plastic, is radiographic, and melts at a temperature less than 200° Fahrenheit.
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Bryant Mark
Durcholz Bradley T.
Merchant Krishnakant K.
Phillips Mark
Baker & Daniels LLP
Philogene Pedro
Zimmer Technology, Inc.
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