# US 12,004,790 B2 · Volar distal radius stabilization system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,790 B2 - Document ID: US12004790B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/506,229 - Filed: 2021-10-20 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-17 - Assignees: Globus Medical, Inc. - Applicants: Globus Medical, Inc. - Inventors: Andrew Davison; Stephanie Wolfe; Evan Langdale; Joseph DePaul; Barclay Davis; Gabrielle Zingalis; Michelle Gray; David Laird, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004790B2 ## CPC - A61B 17/8085: {with pliable or malleable elements or having a mesh-like structure, e.g. small strips (A61B17/8071, A61B17/8076 take precedence)} - A61B 17/0401: {Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors (A61B17/0642 takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments A61F2/0811)} - A61B 17/1728: {for holes for bone plates or plate screws} - A61B 17/1782: {for the hand or wrist} - A61B 17/80: Cortical plates {, i.e. bone plates; Instruments for holding or positioning cortical plates, or for compressing bones attached to cortical plates} - A61B 17/8014: {the extension or compression force being caused by interaction of the plate hole and the screws} - A61B 17/8042: {the additional component being a cover over the screw head} - A61B 17/8057: {the interlocking form comprising a thread} - A61B 17/8061: {specially adapted for particular bones (A61B17/70 and A61B17/74 take precedence)} - A61B 17/808: {Instruments for holding or positioning bone plates, or for adjusting screw-to-plate locking mechanisms} - A61B 17/809: {with bone-penetrating elements, e.g. blades or prongs (bone staples A61B17/0642; intramedullary nails with a plate at an end A61B17/7233)} - A61B 17/8897: {Guide wires or guide pins} - B29C 70/46: using matched moulds, e.g. for deforming sheet moulding compounds [SMC] or prepregs - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) ## Abstract Devices, systems, and methods for bone stabilization, especially volar distal radius stabilization. The stabilization system may include a bone plate having an elongated portion, an enlarged head portion, and a transition region connecting the elongated portion to the enlarged head portion, and the plate including a plurality of through holes. A plurality of fasteners may be configured to extend through one or more of the plurality of through holes in the bone plate and into the bone. The plate may be used to stabilize a fracture in a long bone, such as a radius. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A volar diaphyseal-metaphyseal bone plate comprising: a head portion configured and shaped to rest against a volar side of a metaphysis of a radial bone and having a plurality of first fastener holes arranged along a first direction; an elongate portion extending from the head portion having a plurality of second fastener holes arranged along a second direction lateral to the first direction, the elongated portion including a slot extending along the second direction and adapted for provisional alignment of the bone plate; wherein the elongate portion is configured and shaped to rest on a volar side of a diaphysis of the radial bone; and a transition region interposed between the elongated portion and the head portion, the transition region being laterally curved relative to a longitudinal axis the elongate portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bone plate of claim 1, wherein the second fastener holes include a first set of uniformly spaced and sized holes and a second set of uniformly spaced and sized holes that are smaller in diameter than the first set of holes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bone plate of claim 2, wherein the first set of holes is disposed proximally of the second set of holes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bone plate of claim 1, further comprising at least one k-wire. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The bone plate of claim 4, further comprising at least one second k-wire. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The bone plate of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the elongate portion at its proximal end is higher than at its distal end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The bone plate of claim 1, wherein side walls of the elongate portion lack any relief cuts. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bone plate of claim 1, wherein a width of the of the elongate portion at its proximal end is higher than at its distal end. ### Claim 9 A volar diaphyseal-metaphyseal bone plate comprising: a head portion configured and shaped to rest against a volar side of a metaphysis of a radial bone and having a plurality of first fastener holes arranged along a first direction; an elongate portion extending from the head portion having a plurality of second fastener holes arranged along a second direction lateral to the first direction, the elongated portion including a slot extending along the second direction and adapted for provisional alignment of the bone plate; wherein the elongate portion is configured and shaped to rest on a volar side of a diaphysis of the radial bone; wherein a thickness of the elongate portion at its proximal end is higher than at its distal end; and a transition region interposed between the elongated portion and the head portion, the transition region being laterally curved relative to a longitudinal axis the elongate portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The bone plate of claim 9, wherein the second fastener holes include a first set of uniformly spaced and sized holes and a second set of uniformly spaced and sized holes that are smaller in diameter than the first set of holes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The bone plate of claim 10, wherein the first set of holes is disposed proximally of the second set of holes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The bone plate of claim 9, further comprising at least one k-wire. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The bone plate of claim 12, further comprising at least one second k-wire. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The bone plate of claim 9, wherein side walls of the elongate portion lack any relief cuts.