Patent ID: 11864803
Assignee: ORTHOHELIX SURGICAL DESIGNS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A plate for bone fixation comprising:
a bottom surface configured for contact with a bone;
a top surface arranged in spaced-relation to the bottom surface, wherein an open-ended passageway is defined between the top surface and the bottom surface sized to permit a screw to be inserted therethrough with a less than 90° angle between a screw axis and a passageway axis to allow for a conical rotation of the screw, the passageway configured to receive a head of the screw wherein the passageway axis forms an angle with respect to the bottom surface between 10° and 45°; and
an arcuate shroud projecting outwardly from the top surface at an oblique angle and covering at least a portion of an open-end of the passageway, the shroud adapted to be interposed between a tissue and the head of the screw.