Patent ID: 8057520

Claim:
A calcaneal plate for use on a calcaneus having a lateral aspect, the plate being fully contoured in three dimensions comprising an ovoid body portion having a superior plate segment, an anterior plate segment and an inferior plate segment, all adjacent and adjoining and defining an interior portion having at least one fenestration, the calcaneal plate including a plurality of screw holes which accept screws for attachment of the calcaneal plate to a bone, the calcaneal plate further including an anterior tail portion extending inferiorly to superiorly which has a bone facing surface that is capable of facing the calcaneus, the bone facing surface having two distinct radiuses areas which flow into one another so as to correspond to the lateral aspect of the calcaneus around its perimeter and the bone facing surface of the anterior tail portion including a curve from the inferior to the superior direction, the curve having a radius between about 5 and about 30 mm.