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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Antina Krauss, Waldkirch, DE;
Matthias Leyendecker, Freiburg, DE;
Martin Knape, March-Hugstetter, DE;
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A bone reduction instrument includes first and second members moveably coupled to each other such that ends of the first and second members are positionable in first and second positions. In the second position the first and second members are closer to each other than in the first position. The instrument also includes a support member disposed at the end of the first member and includes a plate retaining portion extending from the first member in a direction toward the second member. The plate retaining portion includes wall portions that define a space therebetween configured to receive a bone plate so that the bone plate is held between the wall portions when the bone plate is disposed within the space.