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US 2006/0149251 A1Published application
Bone fixation system
AssigneeEbi, LLC
InventorsTara Ziolo, Takkwong Leung
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Abstract
A bone fixation system. The bone fixation system includes a fixation plate including at least one fixation hole, and at least one fastener, the fastener including a coupler and a shank for engaging a bone. The coupler is threadably engaged with the fixation hole. The shank is angulatably retained by the coupler and orientable relative to the fixation plate at a selectable angle.
Claims17
A bone fixation system comprising:
- a fixation plate including at least one fixation hole;
- and
- at least one fastener, the fastener including a coupler and a shank for engaging a bone, the coupler threadably engaged with the fixation hole, and the shank angulatably retained by the coupler and orientable relative to the fixation plate at a selectable angle.
A bone fixation system comprising:
- a fixation plate including at least one hole therethrough defining a center axis substantially perpendicular to the fixation plate;
- and
- an angulatable fastener insertable in the hole, the angulatable fastener comprising:
- a shank having a bone engagement portion;
- and
- a coupler for coupling the shank to the hole of the fixation plate, wherein the shank is retained by the coupler and prevented from rotating about the center axis relative to the coupler, and wherein the shank can angulate relative to the coupler about at least one axis orthogonal to the center axis.
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A bone fixation system comprising:
- a fixation plate having a viewing window and a plurality of fastener-receiving threaded holes;
- at least one non-angulatable fastener threadably couplable to the fixation plate;
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- at least one angulatable fastener threadably couplable to the fixation plate, wherein the angulatable fastener comprises a coupler and a shank retained by the coupler, wherein the coupler is threadable to the fixation plate, and the shank is angulatable relative to the coupler.
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A method of surgically repairing bone with a fixation plate having at least one fixation hole, the method comprising:
- providing at least one fastener having a shank and a coupler, the shank angulatably retained by the coupler;
- threadably engaging the coupler with the fixation hole for preventing back out of the fastener from the fixation hole;
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- angulating the shank relative to the coupler for orienting the fastener at a selectable angle relative to the fixation plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.