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US 12,213,710 B2Granted
Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate with offset
AssigneeMovora, LLC
InventorRobert Mark Daye
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Abstract
The device is a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) plate is used to stabilize a stifle joint in an animal in veterinary surgery after a torn cranial cruciate ligament. The TPLO plate has a proximal portion and a curved distal portion, connected by an offset portion.
Claims22
A tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate, comprising:
- a proximal portion including a plurality of first attachment apertures;
- a distal portion curved from the proximal portion to a distal end of the distal portion, the distal portion including at least one second attachment aperture;
- the plurality of first attachment apertures and the at least one second attachment aperture all having central axes oriented generally perpendicular to the curved distal portion and parallel to each other;
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- an offset portion joining the proximal portion to the curved distal portion wherein the proximal portion is in a different plane from the curved distal portion, and the first and second attachment apertures are configured such that attachment fixtures passing through the curved distal portion to enter a body of a tibia and attachment fixtures passing through the proximal portion to enter into a free tibial portion of the tibia are in parallel relation to each other.
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A tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate, comprising:
- a proximal portion including a plurality of first attachment apertures;
- a distal portion curved from the proximal portion to a distal end of the distal portion, the distal portion including at least one second attachment aperture;
- the plurality of first attachment apertures and the at least one second attachment aperture all having central axes oriented generally perpendicular to the curved distal portion and parallel to each other;
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- the proximal portion in one or more different planes from the curved distal portion, the plurality of first attachment apertures and the at least one second attachment aperture configured to accommodate fixation hardware so that the fixation hardware all extends in parallel relation to each other.
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A tibial plateau leveling system comprising:
- a plurality of plates, each plate having a proximal portion with apertures and a distal portion with apertures, the apertures having axes, the axes all in parallel relation to each other;
- an offset on each plate of the plurality of plates, the offset comprising a step positioned between the proximal and distal portions of each plate of the plurality of plates;
- a bend proximal of the offset of each plate, the bend configured such that a first portion of the proximal portion that is between the offset and the bend is on a plane parallel to the distal portion and a second portion of the proximal portion that is proximal of the bend is inclined upwardly relative to the distal portion of each plate;
- wherein, plates of the plurality of plates have at least two different offset dimensions and an appropriate offset can be selected for an application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.