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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Acumed Llc, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Bharadwaj Ananthan, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas R. Lyon, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Amir Meir Matityahu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew Howard Schmidt, Orono, MN (US);
Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
System and method for fixing a distal femur having a Hoffa fracture. The system may comprise a main plate, an outrigger plate, and a coupling member that mounts the outrigger plate to the main plate. In an exemplary method, an elongated body portion of the main plate may be secured to a shaft region of the distal femur, and a wider head portion of the main plate may be secured to an end region of the distal femur. The outrigger plate may be mounted on the head portion of the main plate, and an arm of the outrigger plate may be fastened to a condylar fragment of the femur with one or more fasteners, such that the outrigger plate spans and stabilizes the Hoffa fracture.