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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Charles R. Baker, Lakeland, TN (US);
Ryan Stevenson, Southaven, MS (US);
Darin S. Gerlach, Germantown, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A variable angle locking implant includes a bone plate having a lower surface, an upper surface, and at least one opening extending from the lower surface to the upper surface along an axis. The opening has a plurality of fins oriented along a plane. The axis is non-perpendicular to a tangent of a projection of the lower surface across the opening, the tangent defined at the intersection between the axis and the projected lower surface, and/or the plane is non-parallel to the tangent. The implant includes at least one fastener, and the plurality of fins are deflectable relative to a head portion of the fastener such that the fastener can be inserted and retained at any one of a plurality of angles.