Patent ID: 8257405
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A periarticular bone plate for stabilizing a fracture of the proximal tibia, wherein a coronal plane and a transverse plane extend orthogonally relative to each other through the tibia, said bone plate, comprising: a bone plate having, a proximal plurality of screws corresponding to said proximal row of said first plurality of screw holes which extend substantially co-planar with each other and within a first plane parallel to the transverse plane when inserted into said proximal row of said first plurality along said respective screw hole axes, and said proximal plurality of screws including at least two inner screws that extend parallel to each other and two outer screws that extend at divergent angles relative to one another and said inner screws; and a distal plurality of screws corresponding to said distal row of said first plurality of screw holes which extend substantially co-planar with each other and within a second plane parallel to the transverse plane when inserted into said distal row of said first plurality along said respective screw hole axes, and said distal plurality of screws extending at divergent angles relative to one another within said second plane, said first and second planes displaced from each other.