Invention Application
- Patent Title: PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE
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Application No.: US18454870Application Date: 2023-08-24
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Publication No.: US20250064490A1Publication Date: 2025-02-27
- Inventor: Anna Kedzierska , Rebecca Gray , Jean-Noel Bordeaux , Madeline Mitchell
- Applicant: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US PA AUDUBON
- Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA AUDUBON
- Main IPC: A61B17/74
- IPC: A61B17/74 ; A61B17/80 ; A61B17/82

Abstract:
A periprosthetic plate and method of use are disclosed that includes a proximal segment having a top portion and an end portion with at least two curved hooks that are capable of passing through a patient's abductor muscles and rest medially on a tip of a patient's greater trochanter (GT), wherein the proximal segment includes a plurality of recessed bone screw holes. A periprosthetic proximal femur plate is disclosed that includes a head portion having at least six first polyaxial screw holes and a shaft portion connected to the shaft portion having a plurality of rows of at least two second polyaxial screw holes located at an angle from the horizontal from about thirty degrees to about sixty degrees. A combination periprosthetic proximal femur plate and greater trochanter (GT) plate construct is disclosed that includes a greater trochanter (GT) plate located on top of the periprosthetic proximal femur plate.
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