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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Medline Industries, Lp, Northfield, IL (US);
Ryan Niver, Glenview, IL (US);
Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A bone plate system comprises a bone screw and a bone plate having at least two screw-receiving hole structures, at least one of the hole structures comprising an eccentric portion adjacent a first seating area for biasing bone in an inferior fusion area into dynamic compression as the screw is advanced, and a cowl portion that at least partially defines a second seating area and being positioned to enable cross-screw compression of an inferior fusion area. The screw is seatable in either the first or second seating area at the option of a surgeon. A surgical method generally comprises inserting a bone screw into the compression plate and compressing bone in an inferior fusion area by either dynamic or cross-screw compression.