Patent ID: 8579946

Claim:
A fixation plate for use with a plurality of fixation pegs having threaded heads and a K-wire, comprising: a substantially rigid plate defining a first set of peg holes each structurally adapted to engage the threaded head of one of the fixation pegs, and a non-threaded first alignment hole, each of said peg holes having a first diameter, and said first alignment hole having a second relatively smaller diameter sized to closely receive the K-wire in a predetermined axial orientation which is oblique relative to a bone contacting surface of said plate immediately surrounding said alignment hole, said first alignment hole being located within proximal-distal and medial-lateral boundaries defined between edges of two adjacent peg holes, said rigid plate has a proximal end and a distal end, and said two adjacent peg holes each have a circumference and a distalmost point located on said circumference, and said first alignment hole having a circumference and a distalmost point located on said circumference at which a tangent line is defined that is substantially parallel to a line tangent to said distalmost points on said circumferences of said two adjacent peg holes of said first set of peg holes.