Patent ID: 8257403

Claim:
A plate system which is capable of fixation of bone at the first and second or the second and third ray of the midfoot comprising a first and a second locking screw, a first and a second non-locking screw each having a head, and a plate having a top surface and a bone facing surface and having a first plate portion extending along a first length defining a first longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end, the first end having a first terminal tab with a first compression slot having a first long axis and the second end including a second terminal tab with a first locking hole having a midpoint and a first midline, and the plate having a second plate portion extending along a second length defining a second longitudinal axis and having a third end and a fourth end, the third end having a third terminal tab along the second length with a second compression slot having a second long axis and the fourth end including a fourth terminal tab with a second locking hole having a midpoint and a second midline, each of the first and the second compression slots defining a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge which each include an inclined shoulder that slopes downward toward the bone facing surface of the plate parallel to the respective long axis of the respective compression slot, the midline of the first locking hole and the long axis of the first compression slot being aligned along the first longitudinal axis of the plate, the midline of the second locking hole and the long axis of the second compression slot being aligned along the second longitudinal axis of the plate, and the inclined shoulders of the each compression slot being engaged by a respective non-locking screw head to cause the translation of the respective non-locking screw along the respective long axis of the respective slot and towards the respective locking hole to cause compression in the direction of the respective long axis in the associated bone toward the respective locking hole in use, and a line connecting the midpoint of the first locking hole and the second locking hole being other than perpendicular to the first or second longitudinal axis.