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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Kenny Koay, West Chester, PA (US);
Michael Wahl, West Chester, PA (US);
Rene Haag, West Chester, PA (US);
Robert Limouze, West Chester, PA (US);
George Haidukewych, Orlando, FL (US);
Bruce H. Ziran, Atlanta, GA (US);
Cory A. Collinge, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Frank A. Liporace, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
DePuy Synthes Procucts, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A plate for treating a bone includes a plate body extending along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and being sized, shaped and contoured to be positioned along a desired surface of a bone. The plate also includes a slotted opening extending through the plate body and defined by a first portion sized and shaped to permit a head portion of a bone fixation element fixed to the bone to be passed therethrough and a second elongated portion extending along the longitudinal axis from the first portion in communication with the first portion, the second portion sized to prevent the head portion of the bone fixation element from being passed therethrough so that, when the head portion of the bone fixation element is received through the first portion, the plate is slidable relative thereto such that the second portion engages the head portion of the bone fixation element.