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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Michael Wagner, Vienna, AT;
Juerg Leemann, Berne, CH;
Christoph Fuerst, Lohn-Ammannsegg, CH;
Carole Appenzeller Frieden, Lyss, CH;
Martin Altmann, Zuchwil, CH;
Michael Wagner, Vienna, AT;
Juerg Leemann, Berne, CH;
Christoph Fuerst, Lohn-Ammannsegg, CH;
Carole Appenzeller Frieden, Lyss, CH;
Martin Altmann, Zuchwil, CH;
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for treating fractures, comprises a plate receiving structure including on a bone facing side thereof a recess sized and shaped to receive a fixation plate anchored in a desired position on a bone and a mating structure sized and located to engage a corresponding structure of the fixation plate to prevent relative movement between the fixation plate and the device in combination with at least one leg projecting laterally away from the recess, a first one of the at least one legs including a first fixation element receiving hole extending therethrough, the first leg being positioned and oriented so that, when the device is received on a fixation plate anchored to the bone in the desired position, the first fixation element receiving hole is aligned to pass a fixation element inserted therethrough into the bone without passing through a longitudinal axis of the medullary canal.