摘要 |
<p>A bone plate with a screw blocking mechanism and a method of blocking screw from backout of a bone plate are disclosed. The bone plate comprises at least one screw hole having a periphery, the screw hole adapted to receive a bone screw, at least one rivet hole having a periphery, adapted to receive a rivet along with a rivet pin, wherein the rivet hole is positioned in such a way that the rivet at least partially overlaps a portion of at least one bone screw in order to prevent the bone screw from backout.</p> |