Patent ID: 9615866
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A system for fixing a first bone segment to a second bone segment, comprising: a base plate having a first end, a second end, first and second sides extending between the first and second ends, and first and second surfaces each extending between the first end, second end, first side, and second side, the first side having a convexly curved portion and the second side having a concavely curved portion, the first and second surfaces separated by a thickness of the base plate, the base plate including a first fixation aperture adjacent the first end and a second fixation aperture adjacent the second end, the first and second fixation apertures each dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a fixation element extending therethrough, each of the first and second fixation apertures extending through a recess formed in the second surface of the base plate, the recesses having a periphery, the periphery having an edge face, the entire edge face of the periphery of the recesses comprised of vertically-oriented chocks, the base plate further including a single insertion aperture adjacent the convexly curved portion of the first side and extending between the first and second surfaces and dimensioned to receive at least a portion of an insertion instrument therethrough, the insertion aperture comprising a recess formed within the first surface and a threaded aperture extending between the recess and the second surface; a plurality of fixation elements, the fixation elements including a first threaded portion and second threaded portion separated by an intermediate portion with an edge face, the edge face of the intermediate portion including a plurality of vertically-oriented chocks configured to engage the vertically-oriented chocks of the edge face of the periphery of the recesses of said second surface of the base plate; and a plurality of locking elements configured to threadedly engage the first threaded portion of the fixation elements.