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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
Biomet Microfixation, Llc, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jason F. Detweiler, Warsaw, IN (US);
Biomet Microfixation, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A disclosed fastener guide includes first and second longitudinal body portions that include, respectively, first and second distal segments. These body portions are connected together to form a fastener through-bore therebetween into which a fastener can be received for guiding the fastener into a hole in a bone plate. This connection can be flexible to allow the fastener guide to move between open and closed positions. In the closed position, a spacing of the first and second distal segments relative to one another is such that a combination of the two can be received in the hole in the bone plate for attaching the fastener guide to the plate; however, in the open position, this combination can no longer be received in the hole due to the segments being spaced relatively further apart from one another in comparison to the spacing in the closed position of the fastener guide.