Orthopedic plates for use in clavicle repair and methods for their use

摘要

The present invention relates to a series of orthopedic plates for use in repair of a clavicle. The plate has a Y-shaped profile or an X-shaped profile which includes an elongate central trunk with a complex contour and wither 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 system comprising at least one screw and an orthopedic plate having an inferior side including an inferior surface which is capable of facing a bone surface in use, the plate having a central trunk portion having at least a first and a second screw hole and defining a longitudinal trunk axis extending between a first end and a second end, said plate including at the first end a pair of divergent arms which extend so as to form a first arm and a second arm, each arm including an arm screw hole which defines a central screw hole axis and wherein the plate has a medial line and is pre-contoured such that the medial line describes an S-curve in a lateral plane or in a longitudinal plane, and the S-curve has an inflection point that is located between the first and the second screw hole.