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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Lee A. Strnad, Broadview Hts., OH (US);
Vinay Korlepara, Plantation, FL (US);
Derek S. Lewis, Copley, OH (US);
Dustin Ducharme, Stow, OH (US);
Gordon Bennett, Akron, OH (US);
James Sferra, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Lee A. Strnad, Broadview Hts., OH (US);
Vinay Korlepara, Plantation, FL (US);
Derek S. Lewis, Copley, OH (US);
Dustin Ducharme, Stow, OH (US);
Gordon Bennett, Akron, OH (US);
James Sferra, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc., Medina, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a MTP plate that has a first embodiment with a profile having bilateral mirror symmetry of the about a transverse plane with an angle of about 5° for dorsiflexion and an angle of about 10° for valgus. Both ends of the plate include a central arm having a slot for compression and two offset arms having offset ears with locking screw holes that provide for multiplanar compressive fixation. The bone contacting surface of the plate is radiused to allow the plate to be in snug contact with the bone. In a second embodiment of the plate for revision surgery, the proximal end of the plate includes a metatarsal extension and the plate has a central locking hole for securing bone graft.