Patent ID: 8834537
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bone plate system for use with fasteners for fixation of a fractured bone, said system comprising: a) a bone plate for placement on the bone, said bone plate includes an elongate shaft for placement along the diaphysis of the bone, and a head angled out of plane relative to said shaft for placement at the metaphysis of the bone, said head of said bone plate defining a plurality of threaded first holes for receiving a plurality of the fasteners in engagement with said threaded first holes, said threaded first holes defining respective hole axes extending centrally through said first holes, said plate including a bone contacting first surface, an opposite second surface, and a thickness extending in a dimension between said first and second surfaces; and b) a plurality of tubular drill guide tips threadedly engageable within said plurality of threaded first holes of said bone plate in axial alignment with said respective hole axes, each drill guide tip discretely couplable to said plate without coupling to the other of said drill guide tips other than through said plate,