Patent ID: 8998904
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A winged looped plate device comprising: a plate body with an outer surface and an inner surface; at least one pair of buttress wings, each wing extending from an opposite side of the plate body and directly aligned with each other, such that a longitudinal axis of the pair of buttress wings is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the plate body; and at least one dorsal loop disposed on the outer surface of the plate body for threading of cerclage material through the at least one dorsal loop and tied around the device and a bone such that tension applied to the cerclage material secures the plate device to the bone to prevent displacement of the plate body, wherein the position of the at least one dorsal loop is immobile with respect to the plate body, and wherein the dorsal loop defines a channel, and an axis extending through the channel is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plate body and is directly aligned with the longitudinal axis of the pair of buttress wings such that the cerclage material, once threaded through the at least one dorsal loop, extends along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plate body and is directly aligned with the longitudinal axis of the pair of buttress wings, and the cerclage material extends over an outer surface of each buttress wing along their longitudinal axis.