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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Olympus Terumo Biomaterials Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuharu Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Fukuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Atarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kitaru Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihisa Iwanaga, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuya Urata, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS TERUMO BIOMATERIALS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to apply, with a simple and easy means, proper pressure between bone segments spaced apart as a result of osteotomy or a bone fracture, without lowering the fixing force at the screw meshing portion, without increasing a dead space, and without increasing the thickness of the plate, the present invention provides a bone plate having an upper face, which is to be in contact with bone, a lower face, which is to be in contact with the bone, and a plurality of holes arranged to receive bone screws and connecting the upper face and the lower face. In at least one of the holes, a portion of an edge, on the upper face, of the hole is formed so as to be raised in the form of a protrusion higher than the upper face around the hole.