Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.

Elizabeth Altenau

Derek S Lewis

Jackson R Heavener

Jeffrey D Johnson

David B Kay

Bryan D Den Hartog

Brian Edward Hockett

Gordon Bennett

Andrew J Leither

Ellen Pokorney

Allison Wright

Rebecca F Kocher

Rebecca F Diliberto

Jeffrey Johnson

An orthopedic plate has a first end including a locking screw hole that receives a locking screw and spaced from that hole is a closed compression housing that extends from the bone-facing side of the plate and which receives a compression screw that forms an angle of from about 10&#xb0; to about 70&#xb0; with a longitudinal axis of the plate. The compression housing is not located on the medial line of the plate, but is peripheral to the medial line, either in the longitudinal or the medial direction of the plate.

Orthopedic compression plate and method of surgery

The present invention relates to an orthopedic fastener driver which can be used with a variable angle fixation system, and in particular in which the driver has a variable angle drive tip that is capable of screwing a fastener in an orthopedic plate assembly at a variable angle relative to the drive axis of the driver, and further wherein the driver has a drive mechanism including an interference clutch mechanism that disengages so as to limit the relative depth of the fastener in the plate assembly as to avoid driving the fastener or fastener assembly through the plate.

Variable angle depth limited fastener driver and variable angle fixation system for use in orthopedic plates

An orthopedic plate has a first end including a locking screw hole that receives a locking screw and spaced from that hole is a compression housing that extends from the bone-facing side of the plate and which receives a compression screw that forms an angle of from about 10&#xb0; to about 70&#xb0; with a longitudinal axis of the plate. In a further embodiment, the plate also includes a second end with a chamfer for insertion of the plate into bone, and in a still further embodiment, the plate is an MTP plate.

Orthopedic compression plate

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Elizabeth Altenau