Patent ID: 8764809

Claim:
Trochanter retention plate for the refixation of an osteotomised or fractured trochanter major, comprising: a tension band construction configured to pass via the trochanter major, the tension band construction including: two retainers configured and operable to refix the osteotomised or fractured trochanter major positively and/or non-positively to the femur, each retainer including a prong and an elongated flexible member; and a base plate configured to be fixed to the proximal femur, which is non-positively retained on the femur and serves as the basis of the tension band construction, the two prongs are proximally arranged on the base plate, the prongs including the elongated flexible members acting on said prongs form the retainers of the closed tension band construction, wherein the prongs extend upward in a proximal direction from the base plate and are arranged at a distance from one another and each prong includes a first end and a second end, the first end being a free end and the second end connected to the base plate, the free end of each respective prong operationally interconnected with the elongated flexible members such that pulling on the elongated flexible members interlocks the free end portions of the prongs with one another amid tension in a region of the fossa trochanterica which increases the intrinsic stability of the tension band construction.