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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2008
Thomas James Graham, Timonium, MD (US);
H. Brent Bamberger, Kettering, OH (US);
James Howard Calandruccio, Memphis, TN (US);
Thomas A. Wiedrich, Wilmette, IL (US);
Louise M. Focht, Del Mar, CA (US);
Thomas James Graham, Timonium, MD (US);
H. Brent Bamberger, Kettering, OH (US);
James Howard Calandruccio, Memphis, TN (US);
Thomas A. Wiedrich, Wilmette, IL (US);
Louise M. Focht, Del Mar, CA (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The disclosure includes a bone plate extender and extension system. The system includes a first bone plate extender and may additionally include a bone fixation element and/or an additional bone plate. The bone plate extender may be affixed to a bone portion at one end, for instance, a fractured bone portion, via a bone fixation element, and associated with a second bone plate at an opposite end, so as to facilitate alignment and stabilization of the bone and thereby correct and treat a bone fracture. The bone plate extender may include an extended body, which includes a bone plate engagement portion, a bone fixation portion, and an intercalating portion there between. In certain variations, the extended body is planar, and in certain variations the extended body is angled, curved or arced. Methods of using such bone plate extension systems for the reduction, restoration and treatment of bone fractures are also provided.