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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2015
Shawn M. Burke, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Travis Simpson, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Rich Mclaughlin, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
Axel Waizenegger, Muhlheim, DE;
Daniel Grimm, Bottingen, DE;
Thomas Koett, Kolbingen, DE;
Shawn M. Burke, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Travis Simpson, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Rich McLaughlin, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
Axel Waizenegger, Muhlheim, DE;
Daniel Grimm, Bottingen, DE;
Thomas Koett, Kolbingen, DE;
KARL LEIBINGER MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH & CO KG, Muehlheim, DE;
Abstract
A rib fixation system having a bone plate and mono-cortical bone screws adapted for affixation to a rib, the security of the system being enhanced by providing paired sets of screw-receiving openings, wherein the offset axis of each opening of the paired set is approximately ten degrees off from the normal axis in the transverse direction toward the longitudinal midline of the bone plate and is also approximately ten degrees off the normal axis in the longitudinal direction, with the offset axis of each opening in a paired set being turned toward the other opening in the paired set.