Patent ID: 7491220

Claim:
A plate for fixing the bones of a metatarso-phalangeal joint in order to perform arthrodesis, comprising: a proximal section and a distal section, each section presenting a respective longitudinal axis of symmetry S 1 , S 2 , said plate being designed to be placed across the metatarso-phalangeal joint, the axes S 1 and S 2 capable of being parallel and aligned with the longitudinal axes of the two bone fragments to be fused together such that a projection onto a horizontal plane of the axis of symmetry S 2 of the distal section is inclined at a pre-established non-zero angle α relative to a projection of the axis of symmetry S 1 of the proximal section, the projections intersecting at a point A 1 ; and a projection onto a vertical plane of the axis of symmetry S 2 presents a pre-established non-zero angle of inclination β relative to the projection of the axis of symmetry S 1 , the projections intersecting at a point A 2 which is distinct from the point A 1 , the distal section extending over a first length fraction L 1 away from the proximal section while remaining in a same plane P 1 as the proximal section and the distal section further extending over a second length fraction L 2 away from the proximal section that is in a different plane P 2 from the plane P 1 ; and said plate having sufficient stiffness to provide firm support to fuse the joint together.