Patent ID: 9480507
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A bone fixation system comprising: a bone plate comprising a body defining a bone facing surface and an opposing outer surface, the body defining one or more bone fixation apertures, each bone fixation aperture extending through the body from the bone facing surface to the opposing outer surface along a central axis; one or more anchor-in-anchor systems configured be received in the one or more bone fixation apertures and configured to couple the plate to bone, each anchor-in-anchor system including: a first bone anchor configured to be inserted into a first target location, the first bone anchor including a first head, defining a bore extending therethrough along a bore axis and a first shaft defining a first longitudinal shaft axis; and a second bone anchor defining a second shaft configured to be inserted through the bore and into a second target location, wherein the first head defines a first head axis that defines an acute angle with respect to the first longitudinal shaft axis.