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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2022
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Robert Courtney, Jr., Pierceton, IN (US);
William Matthew Kuester, Chaska, MN (US);
Robert Benjamin Rice, Bloomington, MN (US);
HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Abstract
Provided is a slot anchor guide that includes a medial portion and a lateral portion, the medial portion includes a medial projection configured to span a slot of a fixation plate, where the slot anchor guide is configured to guide an anchor through a predetermined position of a slot of the fixation plate and to mate with the fixation plate to allow a surgeon to place the fixation plate on a bone face by manipulating the lateral portion. Also provided is a tuberosity fracture plate that includes a tuberosity end having a first portion configured to overlay a first tuberosity and a second portion opposite the first portion, a distal portion coupled with and extending away from the tuberosity portion.