Patent ID: 8021402

Claim:
A distal radius plate, comprising: a head portion and a proximal plate portion, the head portion having a palm shaped profile having a top and bottom side and a complex topography that is substantially free from any planar areas, wherein the head portion has a first lateral side and a second lateral side and a first prominence on the first lateral side and a second prominence on the second lateral side, and the first prominence is more distal than the second prominence, wherein the head further has a first distal edge that extends from the first prominence toward the second prominence and a second distal edge that extends from the second prominence toward the first prominence and a linking area that extends between the first distal edge and the second distal edge; wherein the head portion has a necked area at the juncture of the head portion and the proximal plate portion; and wherein the head portion has a depression in the top side which extends diagonally in a direction from the first prominence toward the necked area under the second prominence.