Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anterolateral calcaneal plate
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Application No.: US14310217Application Date: 2014-06-20
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Publication No.: US09839456B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Kenneth I. Kobayashi , Mark Siravo , Rene Haag , Sherri Wykosky
- Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Current Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/80
- IPC: A61B17/80

Abstract:
A plate for treating calcaneal fractures comprises a first portion extending along a first longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end and including a plurality of first openings extending therethrough extending along a second longitudinal axis from the a first end connected to the second end of the first portion to a second end, the first and second portions being angled relative to one another such that, when the plate is positioned along a desired portion of a calcaneus bone, the first and second portions extend parallel to a superior surface of the bone bordering a subtalar joint, the second portion including a plurality of second openings extending therethrough, wherein each of the first and second openings are configured to receive a bone fixation element therein at a user-selected angle relative to a central axis thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150366596A1 ANTEROLATERAL CALCANEAL PLATE Public/Granted day:2015-12-24
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