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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Simon Bosshard, Bern, CH;
Jesse Rush, Telford, PA (US);
Michael McGurk, Williamstown, NJ (US);
Christopher Keegan, Hatboro, PA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8014 (2013.01); A61B 17/8047 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/88 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone plate includes at least one variable angle locking hole that is configured to threadedly mate with a variable angle locking screw oriented so as to define any angle among a range of angles with respect to a central axis of the VA locking hole at which a threaded head of the locking screw is configured to threadedly purchase with the bone plate in the variable angle locking hole.