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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Erasmo A. Lopez, West Chester, PA (US);
Kristina Snyder, Exton, PA (US);
Seung-kyu Daniel Kwak, Wayne, PA (US);
Dylan Jones, Horseheads, NY (US);
Robert Coughlin, Horseheads, NY (US);
Timothy Nicoletti, Raynham, MA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A bone plate having at least one variable angle locking hole is described. The variable angle locking hole allows a bone anchor having a threaded head to be driven into underlying bone while oriented at an angle with respect to a central hole axis of the hole that is within a range of angles at which the head is configured to threadedly mate with the at least one thread of the bone plate. Accordingly, the bone anchor can be driven into the underlying bone until the threaded head threadedly purchases with the bone plate inside the variable angle locking hole.