Bone Plate System And Method

A method for implanting a bone plate system for the internal fixation of a fractured bone of a patient, the method comprising:

• providing a bone plate including a head portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion having a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of discrete aperture clusters, each aperture cluster including a non-threaded, non-locking bone fastener aperture configured to provide a polyaxial non-locking compressive construct and at least one threaded, locking bone fastener aperture;
• aligning the bone plate with the bone;
• inserting a first bone fastener into the bone through at least one of the non-threaded bone fastener apertures in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis and dynamically compressing the bone along the longitudinal axis of the shaft portion of the bone plate;
• and
• inserting a second bone fastener into the bone through at least one of the threaded, locking bone fastener apertures in a direction oblique to the longitudinal axis and securing the bone plate to the bone.

A method for implanting a bone plate system for the internal fixation of a fractured bone of a patient, the method comprising:

• providing a bone plate including a head portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion having a longitudinal axis and comprising a pair of discrete aperture clusters and a unidirectionally ramped aperture aligned with the longitudinal axis and disposed between the pair of aperture clusters, each aperture cluster including a non-threaded, non-locking bone fastener aperture configured to provide a polyaxial compressive construct and at least one threaded, locking bone fastener aperture;
• aligning the bone plate with the bone;
• shaping the bone plate including inserting a first bone fastener into the bone through at least one of the unidirectionally ramped aperture and non-threaded bone fastener apertures in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis and dynamically compressing the bone along the longitudinal axis of the shaft portion of the bone plate;
• and
• securing the bone plate including inserting a second bone fastener into the bone through at least one of the threaded, locking bone fastener apertures in a direction oblique to the longitudinal axis and locking the bone plate to the bone.