Patent ID: 8167918
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A plate which is capable of fixation, using an associated screw, of bone at the first metatarsophalangeal joint comprising a plate extending along a length and having a first end and a second end and having a transverse medial plane there between, at least one of the first and the second end including a terminal area with a compression slot and opposing first and second ears, the first and second ears each having a threaded through hole, the compression slot including an internal edge which has an incline which tapers downward toward the transverse medial plane and to allow the associated screw to drive compression in the bone toward the transverse medial axis of the plate, and the compression slot being terminal relative to the length of the plate and to the threaded through hole of the first and second ears, and the plate having an inner surface which includes a first axis and a second axis and the first and second axes being at an angle of from about 2° to about 25° to each other in the dorsal direction and in the valgus direction, wherein the plate has a transverse central axis about which the plate displays mirror symmetry.