Internal brace plate

A method of assembling a fracture fixation system, the method comprising:

• inserting a peg of a beam through a first hole at a proximal end of an elongated bone plate;
• inserting a screw of the beam through the first hole of the bone plate, wherein a peg axis along which the peg extends is parallel to a screw axis along which the screw extends such that the beam defines a figure-8 shape in a plane perpendicular to the peg and screw axes;
• engaging a first end of a support pin into a second hole located distally of the first hole in the bone plate;
• and
• engaging a second end of the support pin with the beam, such that the second end of the support pin is disposed in an oblong recess in a side of the peg facing the distal end of the plate,
• wherein the support pin includes a tip at the second end thereof engaged with the recess of the peg, the tip including a shoulder of a diameter smaller than a diameter of a shank of the support pin, and
• wherein the recess includes a lip engaged with the shoulder of the peg adjacent the tip of the support pin.

A fracture fixation system comprising:

• an elongated bone plate including a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end defining a first hole;
• a beam including a peg extending along a peg axis and a screw extending along a screw axis, the beam having a first end and a second end;
• and
• a support pin including a first end and a second end, wherein, in the implanted configuration, the first end of the support pin is engaged with a second hole of the bone plate that is located distally of the first hole in the bone plate, and the second end of the support pin is engaged with the second end of the beam,
• wherein, in an implanted configuration of the fracture fixation system, the peg axis is parallel to the screw axis such that the beam defines a figure-8 shape in a plane perpendicular to the peg and screw axes and the first end of the beam is engaged with the first hole of the bone plate,
• wherein the head of the peg is comprised of a first half of the figure-8 shape defining a first opening coaxial with the peg axis, and a second half of the figure-8 shape defining a second opening, and
• wherein:
• the second opening of the second half of the figure-8 shape is internally threaded, or
• the second half of the figure-8 shape is monolithically connected with the first half at a first side thereof, and defines an open gap at a second side thereof opposite the first side.