Orthopedic plate for use in small bone repair

摘要

The present invention relates to a series of orthopedic plates for use in repair of a bone. The plate has a Y-shaped profile or an X-shaped profile which includes an elongate central trunk with a complex contour and either one or two terminal pairs of arms that have a first arm and a second arm that form differing angles and lengths relative to the trunk portion of the plate. The arms include locking screw holes where the screws converge toward each other to provide for multiplanar fixation but which do not impinge.

主权项

1. An orthopedic plate comprising:
an elongate central trunk portion having a medial longitudinal plane and at least one pair of divergent arms, each arm including a threaded screw hole, and each arm of the pair of divergent arms diverging asymmetrically away from the medial longitudinal plane relative to the other arm of the pair of divergent arms and wherein the central trunk portion has an inferior surface defining a curve transverse to the medial longitudinal plane and has a compression slot having an internal edge which includes a shoulder that slopes toward the inferior side of the orthopedic plate as it extends away from the first end of the central trunk portion.