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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Beat Roth, Solothurn, CH;
Urs Hulliger, Langendorf, CH;
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8052 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone plate includes a first through hole extending through the plate along a first longitudinal axis from a proximal surface of the plate to a bone-facing distal surface thereof which, when the plate is placed on a target portion of bone in a desired orientation, faces the bone. An outer wall of the first through hole includes three wall sections provided with projections for receiving a screw head of a bone screw. The three wall sections are straight or convex.