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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1988
Robert J Pawluk, Montvale, NJ (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a reconstruction or fracture plate for bridging a discontinuity in a patient's long bone, such as a femur and has a central portion for placement over the bone discontinuity, a first end portion having a dual-tapered width and thickness profile having a first plurality of screw holes and a second end portion defining a second plurality of screw holes. The first and second plurality of screw holes each have asymmetrically arrayed centerlines relative to plate longitudinal and transversal axes and the screw holes may have asymetrically arrayed centerlines relative to each other. Both the first and second end portions may have dual-tapered profiles.