Patent ID: 11896272
Assignee: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A bone fusion method comprising:
providing at least a first bone screw, a second bone screw, and a bone plate, the bone plate having a hole structure for receiving the first bone screw for dynamic compression and the second screw for interfragmentary compression, the hole structure including:
a substantially smooth eccentric portion adjacent a first seating area, a head of the first bone screw being shaped to engage the substantially smooth eccentric portion and via camming action to bias bone in an inferior fusion area into dynamic compression as the first bone screw is advanced, the first bone screw being positioned at a first orientation when the first bone screw is seated in the first seating area, and
a cowl portion that at least partially defines a second seating area, the second seating area being positioned with respect to the first seating area such that the second bone screw is positioned at a second orientation when the second screw is seated in the second seating area, the second orientation being different from the first orientation; and

screwing at least one of the first bone screw through the bone plate in the first orientation and the second bone screw through the bone plate in the second orientation.