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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2004
Chad J. Patterson, Bartlett, TN (US);
F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US);
Jeffrey G. Roberts, Germantown, TN (US);
Chad J. Patterson, Bartlett, TN (US);
F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US);
Jeffrey G. Roberts, Germantown, TN (US);
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN (US);
Abstract
A bone plating system for fixating distal or proximal ends of long bones includes a bone plate having a head portion and a shaft portion, and a plurality of bone screws, at least one of which is a locking bone screw and at least one non-locking cancellous bone screw. The bone plate has a plurality of plate holes in the head portion and a plurality of plate holes in the shaft portion. The head portion or the shaft portion of the bone plate may have a plurality of threaded plate holes for engaging the at least one locking bone screw and at least one non-threaded plate hole for engaging the non-locking cancellous bone screw. The non-locking cancellous bone screw and the at least one non-threaded plate hole are configured and dimensioned to have a particularly useful dimensional relationship.