Patent ID: 8262707

Claim:
A periarticular bone plate for use with bone fasteners for stabilizing a fracture of the proximal tibia, comprising: a shaft portion and a head portion unitary with the shaft portion, the shaft and head portions having a bone contacting bottom surface, an opposite top surface, an anterior side, and a posterior side, said head portion defining a first plurality of screw holes configured in a proximal row of at least three screw holes and a distal row of at least three screw holes, and said shaft portion defining a second plurality of screw holes longitudinally displaced relative to a longitudinal axis of said shaft, said first and second plurality of screw holes screw holes extending between said top and bottom surfaces for receiving fasteners for attaching said plate to the proximal tibia, said head portion oriented transverse to said shaft portion and extending on only said posterior side of said shaft portion, said shaft portion having a laterally straight proximal portion and a laterally straight distal portion that are angled relative to each other at an angle of 168° to 173°, a center of said angle located along said longitudinal axis of said shaft portion and positioned 42 mm to 50 mm from said proximal row in said head portion, and a center of an anteriormost screw hole of said first plurality of screw holes in said head portion being displaced in a posterior direction from said anterior side of said distal portion of said shaft portion by 10 mm to 12 mm such that said center of said anteriormost screw hole is located on a posterior side of said longitudinal axis of said shaft portion, and said head portion having a frontal offset relative to said distal shaft portion by 14 mm to 20 mm.