Patent ID: 9144443
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic plate system comprising at least one screw and an orthopedic plate having an inferior side including an inferior surface which is capable of facing a bone surface in use, the plate having a central trunk portion having at least a first and a second screw hole and defining a longitudinal trunk axis extending between a first end and a second end, said plate including at the first end a pair of divergent arms which extend so as to form a first arm and a second arm, each arm including an arm screw hole which defines a central screw hole axis and wherein the plate has a medial line and is pre-contoured such that the medial line describes an S-curve in a lateral plane or in a longitudinal plane, and the S-curve has an inflection point that is located between the first and the second screw hole.