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AssigneeOrthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.
InventorsDEREK S. LEWIS, ELIZABETH ALTENAU, GORDON BENNETT, BRYAN D. DEN HARTOG, JACKSON R. HEAVENER, BRIAN HOCKETT, JEFFREY JOHNSON, DAVID B. KAY, ANDREW LEITHER, ELLEN POKORNEY, ALLISON WRIGHT
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An orthopedic plate has a first end including a locking screw hole that receives a locking screw and spaced from that hole is a dosed compression housing that extends from the bone-facing side of the plate and which receives a compression screw that forms an angle of from about 10° to about 70° with a longitudinal axis of the plate. The compression housing is not located on the medial line of the plate, but is peripheral to the medial line, either in the longitudinal or the medial direction of the plate.
A plate and screw system which is capable of fixation of bone comprising a plate and a locking screw and a compression screw, the plate having a top surface opposing a bone facing surface in the z direction which opposes a bone surface, and the plate extending along a first length along a longitudinal axis and having a body extending along the longitudinal axis and defining a first end and a second end, the body defining a medial one, the first end having a terminal portion with a locking hole and the plate including a compression screw housing located at a position spaced apart from the first end and not located on the medial line and defining a compression screw hole extending at a compression screw angle relative to the longitudinal axis which angle is not 90°, and the compression screw housing extending from the bone facing surface of the plate.
A method of fusing bones, comprising:
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