Bone Plate Shaping System

摘要

Methods and systems for bone plate bending are provided which include bending tools that couple relative to the bone plate to bend the plate. Such system permit bending without necessitating that the bending tools are in direct contact with the holes in the plate, which could deform the holes.

主权项

1. A method of bending a bone plate, the bone plate for stabilizing a fracture of a bone, the bone plate having first and second portions, the method comprising:
a) providing a bone plating system including a bone plate having longitudinally displaced first and second threaded holes and first and second tubular elements removably threadedly engaged in the respective first and second threaded holes; b) engaging first and second plate bending tools relative to at least one of the tubular elements and the plate about the tubular elements; and c) applying a force between the first and second plate bending tools to bend the plate between the first and second threaded holes.