Patent ID: 7988691

Claim:
A kit for the construction of a bone plate assembly for fixation of a fractured bone, the kit comprising: a plurality of plate members; an elongated connecting member for retaining said plurality of plate members in a desired configuration; and a plurality of locking members for securing said plate members to the connecting member, wherein each of said plate members defines an elongated channel for receiving said connecting member therein, said channel defining a longitudinal axis, wherein each of said plurality of plate members defines a bone contacting surface, at least one transverse surface transverse to said longitudinal axis and configured for mutual planar contact between adjacent plate members, and a substantially planar side surface adjacent to the bone contacting surface and the at least one traverse surface; and wherein said transverse surface of at least one of the plurality of plate members is not perpendicular to said longitudinal axis so that when said transverse surface of said at least one plate member is in planar contact with said transverse surface of an adjacent plate member the longitudinal axes of the channels of the adjacent plate members are not coaxial.