Patent ID: 8444679

Claim:
A plate for irregularly shaped bones comprising a top surface and a bottom surface; two ends positioned on opposing sides of the plate; a midsection disposed between the two ends, the midsection having a width, a center point and two midsection ends positioned on opposing sides of the center point; and two or more holes extending through the top surface and bottom surface of the two ends of the plate and designed to receive bone screws; the plate having a longitudinal axis running through the center of the two or more holes, wherein the longitudinal axis intersects the two ends of the plate; the underside profile of the plate being concave in the midsection in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and transitioning to a flat surface at each of the two ends; and the two ends having scalloped edges around the holes, and being thinner and having a diameter that is less than the width of the midsection of the plate to provide increased three-dimensional flexibility at the two ends, thereby allowing the two ends to bend and twist to meet a bone surface using only the compressive force of a bone screw.