Patent ID: 9107712
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A fracture fixation kit for fixation of fractures of small bones, including metacarpal and phalangeal bones, said kit comprising: a) a straight plate consisting of a straight rail comprising screw hole boundaries connected by web elements of reduced thickness and width relative to said boundaries; b) a T-shaped plate consisting of a straight rail comprising screw hole boundaries connected by web elements of reduced thickness and width relative to said boundaries, first and second ends, and a transverse extension at said first end; c) a Y-shaped plate consisting of a straight rail comprising screw hole boundaries connected by web elements of reduced thickness and width relative to said boundaries, first and second ends, and a pair of extensions at said first end, said pair of extensions having a portion angled relative to each other at an angle between 50° and 70°; d) a TY-shaped plate consisting of a straight rail comprising screw hole boundaries connected by web elements of reduced thickness and width relative to said boundaries, first and second ends, a transverse extension at said first end, and a pair of extensions at said second end, said pair of extensions at said second end being angled relative to each other at an angle between 50° and 70°; and e) a web plate consisting of a single straight rail having a longitudinal axis, said rail comprising first screw hole boundaries each with a respective central axis, said first screw hole boundaries connected by web elements of reduced thickness and width relative to said first screw hole boundaries, and an extension coupled to each first screw hole boundary of said rail, each extension having at a free end thereof a second screw hole boundary each with a central axis,