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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Holger Von Wieding, Kiel, DE;
Rose Riemer, Solothurn, CH;
Michel Grimm, Olten, CH;
Jörg Schneider, Solothurn, CH;
Holger Von Wieding, Kiel, DE;
Rose Riemer, Solothurn, CH;
Michel Grimm, Olten, CH;
Jörg Schneider, Solothurn, CH;
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A hybrid bone plate has a first plate portion, having a first top surface and a first bottom surface and comprises a hard titanium alloy. A second plate portion has a second top surface and a second bottom surface and comprises a pure titanium or a soft titanium alloy. The first plate portion has a higher material yield strength than the second plate portion. The first plate portion and the second plate portion are connected to each other at a transition region by for example welding wherein in the transition region the first top surface and the second top surface together form a closed top integral surface and the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface together form a closed bottom integral surface.