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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Slobodan Tepic, Davos, CH;
Stephen Bresina, Davos, CH;
Assignee:
Synthes (U.S.A.), Paoli, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 69 ;
Abstract
This bone plate has an upper side, a lower side for bone contact, two longitudinal sides, a longitudinal center line and a plurality of screw holes extending from said upper to said lower side. The surface of said upper side around said screw holes is designed as a depressed area with regard to the rest of said upper side and the side edge of said depressed area is running approximately parallel to said longitudinal sides. The removal of material is effected at strategic locations of the bone plate in order to reduce the peak stresses.