Patent ID: 7655029

Claim:
A bone plate for fixation of a fractured bone, the bone plate comprising: an elongated shaft portion and a widened head portion, the shaft portion and the head portion defining a common longitudinal axis extending substantially centrally along the bone plate; a first pair of screw holes located in the head portion, the first pair of holes include a first hole having a first central axis and a second hole having a second central axis, wherein the first and second holes are asymmetrically disposed about the longitudinal axis; a second pair of screw holes located in the head portion, the second pair of holes include a third hole having a third central axis and a fourth hole having a fourth central axis, wherein the third and fourth holes are symmetrically disposed about the longitudinal axis; wherein the first central axis lies in a first plane and the second central axis lies in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane, further wherein when the first central axis and the second central axis are projected onto a third plane substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, the first central axis and the second central axis intersect to form an acute angle.