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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2006
Applicant:
Bradford H. Hack, La Canada, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bradford H. Hack, La Canada, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/66 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An orthopedic bone plate, suitable for internally fixating and stabilizing fractured bones, includes: an elongated structure, capable of contraction in a longitudinal direction and having at least two ends, the structure having at least two fixation points adapted to be fixated to a fractured bone with the fixation points on opposing sides of a fracture. An elastic, polymer cable is longitudinally stretched and coupled in tension to the elongated structure, capable of causing the structure to contract in the longitudinal direction.