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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Jordan Conley, West Chester, PA (US);
Andre Galm, Solothurn, CH;
Fabian Jaeggi, Solothurn, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone fixation assembly is provided, including a bone fixation plate that has a plurality of apertures having different cross-sectional dimensions, and a temporary fixation wire. The temporary fixation wire includes an abutment member that can compress the bone fixation plate against an underlying bone so that the alignment of the bone fixation plate on the bone can be analyzed prior to using bone fixation members to permanently attach the bone fixation plate to the underlying bone.