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US 9,308,033 B2Granted
Adjustable bone plates
AssigneeAcumed LLC
InventorsRandall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
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Abstract
Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones.
Claims13
A method of clavicle fixation, the method comprising:
- selecting a pre-assembled bone plate including a first plate member and a second plate member connected to one another at a joint having (a) an adjustable configuration in which an orientation of the first plate member and the second plate member relative to one another is adjustable about an axis normal to a plane that is tangential to a top surface of one of the plate members and (b) a fixed configuration in which the orientation is fixed, wherein the joint includes a threaded fastener in the threaded engagement with one of the plate members, the fastner rotatable to change the joint from the adjustable configuration to the fixed configuration;
- placing the pre-assembled bone plate on a clavicle;
- and
- securing each plate member of the pre-assembled bone plate to the clavicle such that the bone plate spans a discontinuity of the clavicle.
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A method of clavicle fixation, the method comprising:
- selecting a pre-assembled bone plate including a first plate member and a second plate member connected to one another at a joint having (a) an adjustable configuration in which an orientation of the first plate member and the second plate member relative to one another is adjustable about an axis normal to a plane that is tangential to a top surface of one of the plate members and (b) a fixed configuration in which the orientation is fixed, wherein the joint includes a threaded fastener disposed in threaded engagement with one of the plate members, wherein the threaded fastener is rotatable to change the joint from the adjustable configuration to the fixed configuration, and wherein the joint is configured to be placed in a fixed configuration at each one of a continuous range of orientations of the first plate member relative to the second plate member
- adjusting an orientation of the first plate member and the second plate member relative to one another at the joint of the pre-assembled bone plate about an axis normal to a plane that is tangential to a top surface of one of the plate members;
- placing the pre-assembled bone plate on a clavicle;
- and
- securing each plate member of the pre-assembled bone plate to the clavicle such that the bone plate spans a discontinuity of the clavicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.