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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Matthew V. Leyden, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey B. Waffensmith, North Oaks, MN (US);
Timothy A. Bachman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew S. Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Marc E. Ruhling, Goshen, IN (US);
Anthony J. Metzinger, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Charles D. Christie, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Matthew V. Leyden, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey B. Waffensmith, North Oaks, MN (US);
Timothy A. Bachman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew S. Wallace, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Marc E. Ruhling, Goshen, IN (US);
Anthony J. Metzinger, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Charles D. Christie, Winona Lake, IN (US);
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a plate holder having a body. The assembly further includes a stop structure movable in relation to the body between a first location and a second location. In addition, the assembly includes a bone plate assembly including (i) a bone plate having a plurality of fastener openings defined therein, the bone plate being attached to the body, and (ii) a fastener guide. One of the bone plate and the fastener guide includes a channel, and the other of the bone plate and the fastener guide includes a projection configured to be received in the channel.