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US 12,582,454 B2Granted
Bone plate implantation assembly
AssigneeKLS-Martin, L.P.
InventorsBridgette Wald, Bennie W. Gladdish, Jr., Adam Grabow
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Abstract
A bone plate implantation assembly having a plate holder composed of an elastomeric polymer, a bone plate and bone screws, the plate holder having a compressible midface retention protrusion located within a plate-receiving recess and the bone plate having a midbody retention aperture whereby the bone plate is temporarily retained on the plate holder by inserting the midface retention protrusion into the midbody retention aperture.
Claims14
A bone plate implantation assembly comprising:
- a bone plate comprising, a midbody retention aperture, screw-receiving apertures, an outer peripheral edge and extensions;
- bone screws;
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- a plate holder composed of an elastomeric polymer or copolymer, a compressible midface retention protrusion, screw-retaining bores, a distal surface, and a plate-receiving recess disposed in the distal surface of the plate holder and having a recess wall configured to receive the outer peripheral edge of the bone plate;
- wherein the bone screws are temporarily retained within the screw-retaining bores, the screw-retaining bores are aligned with the screw-receiving apertures, and the bone plate is temporarily positioned within the plate-receiving recess;
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- wherein with the midbody retention aperture mounted onto the compressible midface retention protrusion the bone plate is removably retained by the plate holder, and wherein the combination of the compressible midface retention protrusion and the midbody retention aperture alone is sufficient to removably retain the bone plate on the plate holder.
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