Patent ID: 11944361
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A bone plate system for use on a bone, the system comprising:
an elongated bone plate extending along a longitudinal axis, the bone plate having an upper surface, an opposed bone-facing surface, and a boundary edge surface of the bone plate, wherein the boundary edge surface connects the upper surface to the opposed bone-facing surface;
at least one fastener hole extending from the upper surface to the bone-facing surface, the at least one fastener hole being configured to receive a bone fastener configured to couple the bone plate to the bone;
a plurality of first suture-receiving structures connected with the bone plate and projecting from the boundary edge surface of the bone plate, the first suture-receiving structures being spaced from each another along the boundary edge surface; and
a second suture-receiving structure comprising a suture-receiving hole with a lower surface, the lower surface of the suture-receiving hole extending from the upper surface of the bone plate to the boundary edge surface of the bone plate without intersecting the bone-facing surface of the bone plate;
wherein each of the plurality of first suture-receiving structures comprises a wire loop, wherein each wire loop is anchored to the upper surface or the bone-facing surface of the bone plate without engaging the suture receiving hole of the second suture-receiving structure.