Patent ID: 8545539

Claim:
An apparatus for treating a fracture that is proximate a head rotated relative to a shaft of a bone, wherein reducing the fracture requires rotating the head into alignment with the shaft, said apparatus comprising: a plate having a distal end and a proximal end, said plate being elongated, said distal end dimensioned and configured to be attached to the bone, said distal end of said plate having a plurality of first openings configured to receive fasteners for securing said plate to the bone, said proximal end of said plate dimensioned and configured to be attached to a distal end of the bone proximate the head after reducing a fracture positioned between said distal end of said plate and said proximal end of said plate, said proximal end of said plate including a plurality of second openings configured to receive fasteners for fixing the distal end of the bone to said plate after reducing said fracture, said proximal end of said plate including a plurality of third openings dimensioned to receive suture material, said plurality of third openings positioned proximate a peripheral edge of said proximal end of said plate, said plurality of third openings having a smaller diameter than said plurality of first and second openings, said plurality of third openings configured in pairs; and a jacking device including an elongated member and a rounded tip, said rounded tip movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to said plate, said elongated member having an extended length sufficient for said rounded tip to push an inferior aspect of said head to reduce said fracture when said distal end of said plate is secured to the bone, said jacking device releasably attachable to said plate, and said elongated member extendable through said plate.