Proximal humeral fracture plate
OwnerAnup A. Shah, Joshua T. Woodyinventors
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Abstract
A proximal humerus fracture plate for promoting healing of a fracture of a human humerus, comprising: an upper section having at least one screw hole for receiving an upper screw, the trajectory of the screw hole is a lateral to medial orientation; a transitional section having at least one screw hole for receiving a middle screw, the transitional section integral with the upper section and curved sufficiently to avoid a deltoid tuberosity, the middle screw fixing the transitional section along a lateral cortex of the humerus; and, a lower section having at least one screw hole for receiving a lower screw, the trajectory of the screw hole is an anterior to posterior orientation, the lower section integral with the transitional section.
Claims19
A proximal humeral fracture plate for promoting healing of a fracture of a human humerus while avoiding contact between the proximal humeral fracture plate and the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus, comprising:
- (a) an upper section having at least one screw hole for receiving an upper screw, the trajectory of the screw hole is a lateral to medial orientation;
- (b) an anteriorly curved section having a plurality of screw holes for receiving a plurality of middle screws, the anteriorly curved section integral with the upper section and curvedly configured to avoid the deltoid tuberosity, the screw holes therethrough the anteriorly curved section having an oblique trajectory relative to the trajectory of the screw hole of the upper section and configured to match an anatomy of a lateral cortex of the humerus, wherein the screw holes therethrough the anteriorly curved section each have a more anterior to posterior trajectory than the screw hole therethrough the anteriorly curved section above it;
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- (c) a lower section having at least one screw hole for receiving a lower screw, the trajectory of the screw hole having an oblique trajectory relative to the trajectory of the screw hole of the anteriorly curved section, the lower section integral with the anteriorly curved section.
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