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Patent US7905910 - Bone plates and bone plate assemblies - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsBone plates with an upper surface, a bone contacting surface, and at least one hole extending through the upper and bone contact surfaces are disclosed. A hole interchangeably accepts a compression screw for compression of a fracture and a locking screw that threads into the bone plate....http://www.google.com/patents/US7905910?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7905910 - Bone plates and bone plate assembliesAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7905910 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/644,306Publication dateMar 15, 2011Filing dateDec 22, 2006Priority dateSep 29, 2003Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2537438A1, EP1670373A1, US7179260, US7909858, US20050070904, US20050107796, US20070162020, US20070276386, US20110282393, WO2005032386A1Publication number11644306, 644306, US 7905910 B2, US 7905910B2, US-B2-7905910, US7905910 B2, US7905910B2InventorsDarin Gerlach, Anthony JamesOriginal AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (216), Non-Patent Citations (79), Referenced by (11), Classifications (13), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetBone plates and bone plate assemblies
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