| 摘要 |
<p>A fixation device for a bone fracture comprises a plate which is arcuate when viewed along its length so that it can be fitted around the bone in the region of the fracture. The plate has a body portion and an array of inwardly directed fastening projections along each of its opposite edges which can fixedly engage the bone along its length when the plate is positioned around the bone and its edges are subjected to an inward clamping force. The device has a plurality of inwardly extending depressions formed in its body portion of which at least some can engage the surface of the bone to maintain a gap between the bone and the internal surface of the body portion in regions of the plate around the depressions.</p> |
