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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Zimmer Gmbh, Winterthur, CH;
Jordan Velikov, Horgen, CH;
Thomas Teschke, Ruggel, LI;
Zimmer GmbH, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
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 ().