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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Duane Fritzinger, Warsaw, IN (US);
Paul G. Kiritsis, Midlothian, VA (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); B23P 23/00 (2006.01); B23P 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 13/00 (2013.01); B23C 2220/56 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a bone plate comprising fabricating a bone plate to include a first through hole, where at least one of a width and a length of the hole changes along a depth of the hole; plunge milling an interior surface of the bone plate demarcating the first through hole to remove at least a portion of the bone plate to increase at least one of the width and the length of the through hole; and, threading at least a portion of the first through hole.