Bone fixation system
OwnerThomas J. Ellis, Joel Gillard +1inventors
InventorsThomas J. Ellis, Joel Gillard, Steven P. Horst
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Abstract
Device for fixing bone. In some embodiments, the device may comprise a plate member and a pair of hooks members. The plate member may have a pair of opposing edges arranged opposite each other. The pair of hook members each may project from a position adjacent the same edge of the plate member, to form a space to receive a same bone between the plate member and each of the hook members. Both hook members may be configured to contact a same side of the same bone. The plate member and a hook member may define first and second aligned apertures. The device also may comprise a fastener configured to extend from the first aperture, through the bone, and into locked engagement with the second aperture.
Claims19
A device for fixing bone, comprising:
- a plate member having an outer face, an inner face, and a pair of edge surface regions arranged opposite each other and each being contiguous with the outer and inner faces and configured to be disposed adjacent a same first side of a same bone;
- a pair of hook members each projecting from a position adjacent the same edge surface region of the plate member, to form a space to receive the bone between the plate member and each of the hook members with each hook member extending to a second side of the bone opposite the first side, wherein the plate member and a hook member define first and second aligned apertures;
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- a fastener configured to extend from the first aperture, through the bone, and into locked engagement with the second aperture.
A device for fixing bone, comprising:
- a plate member having a top edge and a bottom edge each configured to be disposed adjacent a same first side of a same bone;
- a pair of hook members each projecting from a position adjacent the top edge of the plate member, to form a space to receive a same bone between the plate member and both hook members with each hook member extending to a second side of the bone opposite the first side and such that the device does not extend on the bone to the second side of the bone intermediate the hook members, wherein the plate member and an end of a hook member define first and second aligned apertures;
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- a fastener configured to extend from the first aperture, through the bone, and into locked engagement with the second aperture.
A device for fixing bone, comprising:
- a plate member having a pair of edges arranged opposite each other;
- a pair of hook members projecting from respective spaced positions adjacent the same edge of the plate, to form a space to receive a same bone between the plate member and each of the hook members, wherein each hook member alone or in combination with the plate member forms a clip portion that is at least generally U-shaped, wherein the plate member and a hook member define a pair of aligned apertures, and wherein the device is at least generally U-shaped in transverse cross section at each clip portion but not intermediate the clip portions;
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- a fastener configured to extend from one of the apertures, through the bone, and into locked engagement with the other aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.