PELVIC BONE PLATE

摘要

A bone plate has a first frame portion with a plurality of apertures. The apertures may have central axes angled with respect to a bone contacting surface adjacent thereto at an angle of other than 90°. The plate has a second plate portion comprising a plurality of apertures therethrough and has a first end connected to the first plate portion. The plate has a third plate portion having first and second ends respectively connected to a second end of the second plate portion and to the first plate portion at a point thereon closer to a center of the first plate portion than the first end of the second plate portion to the first plate portion. The first, second and third plate portions having an arcuate shape capable of conforming to an arcuate bone surface, the bone contacting surface forming a concave portion of the arcuate shape.

主权项

1. A bone plate comprising:
a first plate portion having first and second ends and having a plurality of apertures the first plate portion having a surface for contacting bone, at least one of the plurality of apertures having a central axis angled with respect to the bone contacting surface adjacent thereto at an angle of other than 90°; a second plate portion comprising a plurality of apertures therethrough, the second plate portion having a first end connected to the first plate portion; a third plate portion having first and second ends, the first end of the third plate portion connected to a second end of the second plate portion and a second end connected to the first plate portion at a point thereon closer to a center of the first plate portion than the connection between the first end of the second plate portion to the first plate portion; the first, second and third plate portions having an arcuately shaped bone contacting surfaces capable of conforming to an arcuate bone surface, the bone contacting surfaces of the first, second and third plate portions forming a concave portion of the arcuate shape.