Patent ID: 9173690
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting a fractured radius using an orthopedic plate assembly, the method comprising: attaching a first plate having a Y-shape, the first plate having a body, a first arm cantileverly extending from an end of the body to a first end and a second arm cantileverly extending from the end of the body to a second end to the radius; positioning a second plate across a triangularly shaped aperture extending through the first plate and defined by the first arm and the second arm and over the first plate at one of a plurality of predetermined positions between the end of the body and the first and second ends of the first and second arms respectively; attaching the second plate at a selected one of the predetermined positions; and attaching the second plate to at least one of the first plate and the radius.