Patent ID: 9743966
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of bone fixation, comprising the steps of: placing a bone plate onto a carpal region of a patient, the bone plate including a bone plate body that defines a proximal portion and a distal portion that is spaced from the proximal portion along a longitudinal direction; positioning the bone plate body on the carpal region such that the proximal portion overlays at least a portion of a radius of the carpal region and the distal portion overlays at least four metacarpal bones, wherein the bone plate defines a plurality of apertures extending through the distal portion of the bone plate body; identifying a select one of first and second portions of at least one of the plurality of apertures to receive a bone anchor, wherein the first portion is spaced from and open to the second portion, and wherein each of the first and second portions is configured and sized to individually receive the bone anchor; and inserting the bone anchor through the identified select one of the first and second portions of the at least one of the plurality of apertures so as to attach the distal portion to at least one of the at least four metacarpal bones.