Patent ID: 7229445

Claim:
A bone plate for fixation of a fractured bone, the bone plate comprising: a first portion having a first longitudinal axis, an upper surface and a lower surface; a second bladed portion having a second longitudinal axis, an upper surface and a lower surface, the second portion being angled with respect to the first portion such that the lower surface of the first portion and the lower surface of the second portion define a first included angle therebetween; the first portion having at least one hole for receiving a bone anchor having a shaft, the hole having a first hole portion defining a first central axis substantially perpendicular to the lower surface at the at least one hole, the first hole portion being configured to receive the bone anchor; and a second hole portion overlapping and in communication with the first hole portion from upper to lower surface and defining a second central axis angled with respect to the first central axis, at least a portion of the second hole portion being threaded, wherein the second hole portion is configured to receive the bone anchor in a single, predetermined angular position such that the shaft of the bone anchor is substantially coaxial with the second central axis and non-perpendicular to the lower surface of the first portion of the bone plate at the at least one hole.