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US 2006/0235406 A1Published application
Method for treating long bone fractures
OwnerBarry Silvermaninventor
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Abstract
A method is provided for treating a fractured long bone. The method includes fastening a first bone plate to cortical bone of the fractured long bone and fastening a second bone plate to cortical bone of the fractured long bone. The first bone plate is circumferentially spaced from the second bone plate. The method also includes fastening a first end of a transverse member to the first bone plate and fastening a second end of the transverse member to the second bone plate.
Claims20
A method for treating a fractured long bone, the method comprising:
- fastening a first bone plate to cortical bone of the fractured long bone;
- fastening a second bone plate to cortical bone of the fractured long bone, the first bone plate circumferentially spaced from the second bone plate;
- fastening a first end of a transverse member to the first bone plate;
- and
- fastening a second end of the transverse member to the second bone plate.
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A method for treating a fractured long bone, the method comprising:
- fastening a plurality of bone plates to cortical surfaces of the fractured long bone, the plurality of bone plates circumferentially spaced apart from each other;
- and
- fastening a plurality of arcuate transverse members to the plurality of bone plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.