Patent ID: 7799061

Claim:
An orthopedic plate system comprising a plate which has a shape in the x-y planes that consists of a central trunk and a first set of a first arm and a second arm and a second set of a first arm and a second arm, the trunk including a screw hole and defining a central longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end, the first set of arms extending from the first end of the trunk and the second set of arms extending from the second end of the trunk each of said first and of said second set of said arms having a screw hole joined to the trunk by a linking section configured to bend relative to the trunk without deforming the screw hole and a longitudinal axis and defining an angle relative to the central longitudinal axis of the trunk and the angle of said first arm being different by from about 2° to about 20° from the angle of the second arm; and the plate having an inferior side capable of facing a bone and the inferior side including a radius of curvature in the z direction along the longitudinal axis whereby the screw hole of the first arm defines an axis the direction of which forms a convergent but non impinging angle toward the inferior side with the direction of the axis of the screw hole of the other arm for each set of arms.