Patent ID: 8162995
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A bone plate, comprising: a bone plate body extending along a centrally-disposed longitudinal axis and laterally therefrom to form a substantially rectangular configuration, the bone plate body including: a rear face adapted to be abutted on a bone; a front face opposed to said rear face; and side faces extending between side edges of said rear face and side edges of said front face, said bone plate having a plurality of through holes, each through hole extending between said rear face and said front face for receiving a screw to fix the bone plate on the bone and disposed approximately centrally of the bone plate body as viewed in lateral cross-section, the plurality of through holes arranged longitudinally along the longitudinal axis to form a straight line of through holes disposed apart from one another, wherein said bone plate has at least one first blind dimple provided in at least one of said front face and said side faces except for said rear face, wherein said first blind dimple is adapted to be gripped by a first acute gripping tip of a pair of bone forceps while a second acute gripping tip is abutted to the bone, wherein said first blind dimple is configured so as to converge from an opening portion thereof toward a bottom portion thereof, whereby said first acute gripping tip of said bone forceps can slide toward said bottom portion; wherein the at least one first blind dimple is located centrally along the longitudinal axis and between two consecutive ones of the plurality of through holes; and wherein said rear face has a longitudinal groove formed in a longitudinal direction of said bone plate.