Patent ID: 7195633

Claim:
A fracture fixation system comprising: a fixation plate adapted for being secured to a bone fragment on one side of a one fracture, an intermediate member loosely supported in a hole in said plate for angular adjustment movement therein, and a bone fastener member insertable into a bore in said intermediate member and being angularly adjustable by angular movement of the intermediate member, said bone fastener member being adapted for engagement with a bone fragment on an opposite side of the bone fracture, means acting between said bone fastener member and said intermediate member for fixedly securing the intermediate member in the plate and the bone fastener member in the intermediate member in an angularly adjusted position whereby the bone fastener member can provide fracture fixation, said bone fastener member and said intermediate member cooperatively acting to produce distribution of reactive forces acting non-uniformly against a wall of the hole in the plate to resist torque applied to the bone fastener member by the associated bone fragment.