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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Andrew J. Leither, Akron, OH (US);
Derek S. Lewis, Copley, OH (US);
Rebecca F. Diliberto, Akron, OH (US);
Bryan D. Den Hartog, Rapid City, SD (US);
Thomas Bradley Edwards, Houston, TX (US);
Anil K. Dutta, San Antonio, TX (US);
Robert H. Bell, Akron, OH (US);
Andrew J. Leither, Akron, OH (US);
Derek S. Lewis, Copley, OH (US);
Rebecca F. DiLiberto, Akron, OH (US);
Bryan D. Den Hartog, Rapid City, SD (US);
Thomas Bradley Edwards, Houston, TX (US);
Anil K. Dutta, San Antonio, TX (US);
Robert H. Bell, Akron, OH (US);
Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc., Medina, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a series of orthopedic plates for use in repair of a clavicle. The plate has a Y-shaped profile or an X-shaped profile which includes an elongate central trunk with a complex contour and wither one or two terminal pairs of arms that have a first arm and a second arm that form differing angles and lengths relative to the trunk portion of the plate. The arms include locking screw holes where the screws converge toward each other to provide for multiplanar fixation but which do not impinge.