Patent ID: 7731718

Claim:
An implant for treatment of bone fractures, the implant comprising a main plate adapted to be fixed to a bone and a plate-shaped outrigger element adapted to be fixed to the bone, the main plate having a first side and a second side, wherein, in an assembled state of the implant, the plate-shaped outrigger element is arranged offset from the main plate and the second side of the main plate is positioned further from the plate-shaped outrigger element than the first side of the main plate, the implant further comprising a U-shape flexible connection element having a pair of U limbs extending outwardly from a U base, each of the pair of U limbs having a terminal end, wherein the U-shape flexible connection element connects the main plate and the plate-shaped outrigger element to treat a bone fracture, the U-shape flexible connection element extending less than entirely around a periphery of the bone in the assembled state of the implant; and wherein the main plate has at least one pair of first passages through which the U limbs of the U-shape flexible connection element are guidable, wherein, in the assembled state of the implant, the U base of the U-shape flexible connection element is positioned outside of an aperture of the plate-shaped outrigger element, and the said terminal end of one of the pair of U limbs passing through one of the pair of first passages in the main plate from the first side of the main plate to the second side of the main plate and said terminal end of another one of the pair of U limbs passing through another one of the pair of first passages in the main plate from the first side of the main plate to the second side of the main plate, wherein, in the assembled state of the implant, the terminal ends of both of the pair of U limbs are positioned adjacent to the second side of the main plate.