Patent ID: 8177822

Claim:
A combination of a bone plate for fixing fractures of a bone having a small terminal fragment and drill guide facilitating implantation of the bone plate, the combination comprising: a bone plate having a first region configured for placement adjacent an outer surface of a bone and a second region configured to wrap around a terminal endpoint of the bone, the second region having at least two hook shaped projections for insertion into holes in the terminal endpoint of the bone; a multiple barreled drill guide facilitating drilling of at least two parallel holes at a distal end of the bone, the multiple barreled drill guide comprising: a body; at least two sleeves coupled to the body in substantially parallel orientation relative to each other, each sleeve having a first longitudinal axis and a distal tip; and an elongated positioning member extending from the body and having a second longitudinal axis; wherein a distance between each distal tip of the at least two sleeves and the positioning member has a predetermined value such that insertion of the projections of the bone plate into the parallel holes results in coaptation of the first region of the bone plate on the outer surface of the bone wherein the projections are offset by a predetermined length; wherein the parallel holes are offset by the predetermined length; wherein the sleeves are offset by the predetermined length.