Patent ID: 11963847
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) plate, comprising:
a body extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and defined via a first surface which, in an operative configuration, faces away from a bone and a second surface which, in the operative configuration, faces toward the bone, the body including a proximal portion configured to be positioned over a cut and repositioned proximal segment of a tibia during a TPLO procedure and a distal portion configured to be positioned over a distal segment of the tibia during the TPLO procedure;
a first distal hole extending through a proximal end of the distal portion of the body from the first surface to the second surface, the first distal hole configured to receive a first distal bone fixation element therein so that the body is rotatable about the first distal bone fixation element relative to a recess of the first distal hole within which a head portion of the first distal bone fixation element is configured to be seated; and
a second distal hole extending through the distal portion of the body distally of the first distal hole from the first surface to the second surface, the second distal hole including a sloped compression surface, the second distal hole being configured to receive a second distal bone fixation element therein so that when a head portion of the second distal bone fixation element is slid along the sloped compression surface during insertion of the second distal bone fixation element into the second distal hole, the distal end of the body is moved so that an intersection of the sloped compression surface and the first surface of the body move away from an axis of the second distal bone fixation element rotating the body about the first distal bone fixation element to provide a desired movement of the proximal portion of the body to achieve a desired compression between the cut and repositioned proximal segment of a tibia and the distal segment of the tibia, wherein the second distal hole further includes a groove extending into the sloped compression surface proximal of a distal end of the second distal hole, the groove configured to permit insertion of the second distal bone fixation element through the second distal hole along a caudal side of the longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the body.