Zimmer Gmbh

Thomas Teschke

Jordan Velikov

Markus Kuster

Miodrag Garic

The present disclosure provides an orthopedic plate, in particular a plate for osteosynthesis. The plate () comprising a body (). The body () has a distal surface () adapted to be arranged facing the fractured bone and a proximal surface () adapted to be arranged facing away from the fractured bone. The surfaces () define a distal and a proximal face of the plate (), respectively. The body () further has a length measured along a longitudinal direction (), a width measured along a transverse direction (), and a thickness measured from the distal surface () to the proximal surface (). The body () comprises two longitudinal plate ends () delimiting the body () in the longitudinal direction (). The body () comprises at least one slotted longitudinal section (). The slotted section () extends over a part of the length of the body (), wherein within the slotted section () at least one slot () is arranged. The slot () extends in the transverse direction () of the body () such as to subdivide the body () in the slotted section () into at least two layers () comprising at least a distal layer () facing the fractured bone and a proximal layer () facing away from the fractured bone. The at least one slot () is arranged between the distal layer () and the proximal layer ().

Orthopedic plate

The present disclosure relates to an insert sleeve () designed for being inserted into a through hole () of an implant (), comprising a body () with a through hole () defining an axial direction () for receiving a bone anchoring element (), in particular a bone screw, said body () being made of a material having a first modulus of elasticity and including multiple recesses () arranged in circumferential direction around said through hole () of said insert sleeve () for reducing a stiffness of said insert sleeve () in a direction transverse () to said axial direction (). At least one of said recesses () is filled with a filler material () having a second modulus of elasticity different from said first modulus of elasticity.

Implantable insert sleeve

The invention relates to a bone anchoring device for the operative repair of fractures, comprising a fracture fixation plate which has at least one opening and at least one anchoring element for the fastening of the fracture fixation plate on the bone, wherein the anchoring element has a shaft and a head, and wherein at least one part of the shaft can be guided through the opening while the head can be fixed in the opening, and wherein the shaft is produced in at least two parts with a first part on which the head is arranged and with a second part provided for the anchoring in the bone, wherein the first part and the second part of the shaft are guided such that they move toward each other along an axis when the bone anchoring device is in the state of being fixed to the bone.

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