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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Takashi Sato, Niigata, JP;
Andrew H. Berthusen, Leesburg, IN (US);
Derek C. Finch, Warsaw, IN (US);
Bryan C. Mendenhall, Claypool, IN (US);
Takashi Sato, Niigata, JP;
Andrew H. Berthusen, Leesburg, IN (US);
Derek C. Finch, Warsaw, IN (US);
Bryan C. Mendenhall, Claypool, IN (US);
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a holder having a first arm and a second arm, the holder being movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The assembly further includes an actuator movable in relation to the holder between a first position and a second position. Movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position causes movement of the holder from the first configuration to the second configuration. The first arm has a first bone plate contact portion, and the second arm has a second bone plate contact portion. The first bone plate contact portion and the second bone plate contact portion are separated by a first distance when the holder is in the first configuration. The first bone plate contact portion and the second bone plate contact portion are separated by a second distance when the holder is in the second configuration. The first distance is greater than the second distance. The assembly further includes a bone plate having a plurality of fastener openings defined therein. The holder retains the bone plate between the first bone plate contact portion of the first arm and second bone plate contact portion of the second arm when the holder is positioned in the second configuration.