Hybrid bone plate
AssigneeStryker Trauma GmbH
InventorsHolger Von Wieding, Rose Riemer, Michel Grimm, Jörg Schneider
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AssigneeStryker Trauma GmbH
InventorsHolger Von Wieding, Rose Riemer, Michel Grimm, Jörg Schneider
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A hybrid bone plate has a first plate portion, having a first top surface and a first bottom surface and comprises a hard titanium alloy. A second plate portion has a second top surface and a second bottom surface and comprises a pure titanium or a soft titanium alloy. The first plate portion has a higher material yield strength than the second plate portion. The first plate portion and the second plate portion are connected to each other at a transition region by for example welding wherein in the transition region the first top surface and the second top surface together form a closed top integral surface and the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface together form a closed bottom integral surface.
A bone plate comprising
A composite bone plate comprising:
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