Patent ID: 7108697

Claim:
A stabilizing support for opening- and closing-wedge osteotomies, constituted by a plate and screws for connecting two portions of bone formed by an osteotomy rima, said plate having a longitudinal extension which extends between a first end of said plate and a second end of said plate, passages being provided at said first and second ends for passing said screws therethrough for connecting said plate to the two portions of the bone, said plate further comprising fixing means that are adapted to be inserted and fixed in each one of said portions in order to lock said portions in a preset configuration, so as to support an axial load that bears on said bone, said fixing means comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion, which are parallel and face each other in a direction of said longitudinal extension and protrude at right angles from an inner face of said plate for being inserted and fixed in said portions respectively at an upper edge and at a lower edge of said rima, said first and second protrusions being wedge-shaped, with respective tapering walls that face each other, and said first and second protrusions both being arranged between said passages of said first and second ends of said plate with respect to said longitudinal extension of said plate; wherein said first and second protrusions are each provided centrally with a respective notch that is U-shaped in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal extension of said plate.