Orthopedic plates for use in clavicle repair and methods for their use

A surgical plate system comprising

• a pre-contoured Y-shaped plate that has an inferior surface and which has a concentric superior surface, the plate consisting of a trunk and a pair of a first arm and a second arm,
• the trunk having a medial line along the superior surface extending between a first and a second end, and the inferior surface of the plate defining a curve transverse to the medial line, the trunk including at least one screw hole and,
• the first arm and the second arm extending from the first end of the trunk, the inferior surface of the first arm and of the second arm spiraling around the medial longitudinal axis of the trunk,
• the first arm having an ear with at least one screw hole defining a first screw axis perpendicular to a tangent to the top surface of the first ear, the first ear being attached to the trunk by a linking section having a waist, a first angle and a first length being defined by a line from the center of the first arm screw hole to the intersection of the medial longitudinal axis of the trunk, and,
• the second arm having a second ear with at least one second screw hole defining a second screw axis perpendicular to a tangent to the top surface of the second ear, the second ear being attached to the trunk by a linking section having a waist, a second angle and a second length being defined by a line from the center of the second arm screw hole to the intersection of the medial longitudinal axis of the trunk, and
• wherein the waist of the linking section of the first arm and of the second arm is configured to bend relative to the trunk section in response to a force applied before or during surgery without deforming the screw hole and the first angle and the first length being different from the second angle and the second length whereby the first screw axis and the second screw axis converge toward the inferior side of the plate but do not intersect to allow for multiplanar fixation.