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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E. Apgar, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Kyle Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Interpore Cross International, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/780 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/780 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a bone plate having at least two and up to ten ringed eyelets for receiving anchoring bone screws in a modified ball-and-socket joint. The eyelets are longitudinally aligned and joined to neighboring eyelets by curvilinear, bendable ribs extending between pairs of eyelets. The ribs are of a longer length than the distance between the external surfaces of adjacent rings which allows the longitudinal spacing of the rings to be increased or decreased by bending the ribs.