Title:
【発明の名称】再建用及び骨折用プレートのデュアルテーパ形及び非対称穴配置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH02503877
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The invention relates to a reconstruction or fracture plate for bridging a discontinuity in a patient's long bone, such as a femur and has a central portion for placement over the bone discontinuity, a first end portion having a dual-tapered width and thickness profile having a first plurality of screw holes and a second end portion defining a second plurality of screw holes. The first and second plurality of screw holes each have asymmetrically arrayed centerlines relative to plate longitudinal and transversal axes and the screw holes may have asymetrically arrayed centerlines relative to each other. Both the first and second end portions may have dual-tapered profiles.
Inventors:
Paul Tsuk, Robert Theei
Application Number:
JP50474789A
Publication Date:
November 15, 1990
Filing Date:
March 31, 1989
Export Citation:
Assignee:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
International Classes:
A61B17/58; A61B17/80; (IPC1-7): A61B17/58
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshio Kawaguchi (2 outside)