Title:
VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING IMPLANT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/174385
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A variable angle locking implant includes a bone plate having a lower surface, an upper surface, and at least one opening extending from the lower surface to the upper surface along an axis. The opening has a plurality of fins oriented along a plane. The axis is non-perpendicular to a tangent of a projection of the lower surface across the opening, the tangent defined at the intersection between the axis and the projected lower surface, and/or the plane is non-parallel to the tangent. The implant includes at least one fastener, and the plurality of fins are deflectable relative to a head portion of the fastener such that the fastener can be inserted and retained at any one of a plurality of angles.
Inventors:
BAKER CHARLES R (US)
STEVENSON RYAN (US)
GERLACH DARIN S (US)
STEVENSON RYAN (US)
GERLACH DARIN S (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/042678
Publication Date:
July 04, 2013
Filing Date:
June 15, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW INC (US)
BAKER CHARLES R (US)
STEVENSON RYAN (US)
GERLACH DARIN S (US)
BAKER CHARLES R (US)
STEVENSON RYAN (US)
GERLACH DARIN S (US)
International Classes:
A61F2/30; A61B17/68; A61F2/28
Foreign References:
| US20050165400A1 | 2005-07-28 | |||
| US20090143824A1 | 2009-06-04 | |||
| US6974461B1 | 2005-12-13 | |||
| US20060235400A1 | 2006-10-19 | |||
| US20070043366A1 | 2007-02-22 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2720644A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
RIFFE, Timothy, W. et al. (P.O. Box 1022Minneapolis, Minnesota, US)
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