Patent ID: 8834532
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A plate for the treatment of bone fractures, the plate comprising: an elongated body having a length defining a central longitudinal axis, a width defining a maximum extent of the plate transverse to the central longitudinal axis, a top surface including a linear top segment, defining a top surface plane, and a first convexly curved lateral segment and a second convexly curved lateral segment, the first convexly curved lateral segment and the second convexly curved lateral segment disposed on opposing sides of the linear top segment, a bone facing surface opposite the top surface, the bone facing surface comprising and a first linear bone-facing segment and a second linear bone-facing segment extending the length of the plate, the first linear bone-facing segment and the second linear bone-facing segment disposed parallel to the linear top segment, and at least one non-linear bone-facing segment disposed between the first linear bone-facing segment and the second linear bone-facing segment, and a first side and a second side opposing one another and joined directly to, respectively, the first convexly curved lateral segment and the second convexly curved lateral segment to interconnect the top surface and the bone facing surface, wherein a plurality of cross sections taken transverse to the central longitudinal axis each define a generally rectangular boundary enclosing the entire plate cross section, the linear top segment forming part of a first long side of the rectangular boundary, the first linear bone-facing segment and the second linear bone-facing segment forming part of a second long side of the rectangular boundary, the first side and the second side of the plate forming, respectively, part of a first side and part of a second side of the rectangular boundary.