Patent ID: 8328809

Claim:
A bone plate fixation system comprising: a first bone plate comprising a first bone plate body having a first bone plate longitudinal extent, said first bone plate body including a plurality of first bone plate holes disposed along a portion of said first bone plate longitudinal extent and arranged in a first bone plate hole configuration; a second bone plate comprising a second bone plate body having a second bone plate longitudinal extent, said second bone plate body including a plurality of second bone plate holes disposed along a portion of said second bone plate longitudinal extent and arranged in a second bone plate hole configuration, said portion of said second bone plate longitudinal extent along which said second bone plate holes are disposed having a length approximately equal to said portion of said first bone plate longitudinal extent along which said first bone plate holes are disposed, said second bone plate hole configuration different from said first bone plate hole configuration; a jig comprising: a jig body having a jig body longitudinal extent, said jig body including a plurality of cannula apertures, at least a portion of said plurality of cannula apertures arranged along a portion of said jig body longitudinal extent to correspond to said first bone plate hole configuration, at least a portion of said plurality of cannula apertures arranged along said portion of said jig body longitudinal extent to correspond to said second bone plate hole configuration, wherein said first bone plate hole configuration and said second bone plate hole configuration are each arranged along a common length of said jig body; and a fixation arm extending from said jig body, said fixation arm attachable to said first bone plate and said second bone plate; and a first masking cover adapted to mount to said jig and cooperate with said first bone plate, said first masking cover comprising: a first masking cover upper surface and a first masking cover lower surface; and a plurality of first masking cover apertures extending between said first masking cover upper surface and said first masking cover lower surface, said first masking cover apertures positioned to identify a subset of said plurality of cannula apertures corresponding to said plurality of first bone plate holes.