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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank S. Bono, Leesburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Acromed, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
Abstract
A bone plate apparatus of the present invention includes a plate having a slot extending between the superior and inferior surfaces of the plate, and a rim extending about the slot which includes an interrupted surface, a fastener including a shaft formed for extension into the bone, a collar coupled to the shaft having an interrupted surface which mates with the interrupted surface of the rim of the slot, and a head coupled to the collar for movement in the slot, and a nut forred to cooperate with the head of the fastener to couple the interrupted surfaces of the fastener and the rim together, thereby locking the head in a fixed position within the slot.