Bone plate implant
AssigneeInion Ltd.
InventorsHarri Happonen, Timo Pohjonen, Tarmo Majava
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Abstract
A bone plate for supporting bone. At least one shaping area reducing the shaping resistance of the shape of the bone plate and the bending and/or torsional resistance of the body is arranged in the section of the bone plate between fixation holes.
Claims11
A bone plate for supporting bone, which is made of a material absorbing partly or entirely into the system and which bone plate comprises an upper surface, lower surface, and at least two fixation holes that extend through the bone plate from the upper surface to the lower surface, through which fixation holes fixation elements can be arranged for fixing the bone plate to bony tissue, wherein at least one shaping area reducing the shaping resistance, i.e. bending and/or torsional resistance, of the shape of the bone plate is formed to the section of the bone plate between the fixation holes, the thickness of the edge section of which shaping area is substantially smaller than that of its mid-section (8).
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