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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Extremity Designs, Llc, Tampa, FL (US);
Mark Alan Mighell, Tampa, FL (US);
Sergio Gutierrez, Tampa, FL (US);
EXTREMITY DESIGNS, LLC, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a bone plate for repairing bone fractures. The bone plate has a first upper surface and a first opposed bone-facing surface. The first bone facing surface is shaped to generally conform to a plate-facing surface of the bone, a bone plate thickness, at least one fastener hole extending between the first upper surface and the first bone facing surface, and a suture hole structure extending from a portion of a boundary or boundary edge of the bone plate and has a second upper surface and a second opposed bone facing surface, a suture hole structure thickness, at least one suture hole extending between the second upper surface and the second bone-facing surface. The suture hole structure thickness is less than the bone plate thickness, and the second bone-facing surface of the suture hole structure is elevated above the first bone-facing surface of the bone plate.