Patent ID: 8906072
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A bone plating system comprising: a plate, where the plate is low-profile and capable of contouring to a bone; at least one channel or tunnel through the plate; and at least one flexible device passing through the channel or tunnel and capable of passing through soft tissue attached to the bone; where: the bone is a greater trochanter; soft tissue extends upward from the greater trochanter; the plate is generally Y-shaped, such that the plate has a downward-extending arm and two arms extending generally upward; the at least one channel or tunnel passes through each of the two arms extending generally upward from the plate; and the flexible device passes through the channel or tunnel in each of the two arms extending generally upward and is capable of passing through the soft tissue extending upward from the greater trochanter.