| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bone plate molding system for making holes in a bone easily in alignment with threaded holes in the bone plate. <P>SOLUTION: Removable guide tips 16 are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a fracture fixation plate in the bone plate system. The guide tips 16 may be used with or without drill guides to guide a drill along the axes of threaded holes defined in the plate. In addition, the guide tips may be used with plate bending tools to contour the plate laterally, longitudinally and with twist. More particularly, such plate contouring can be performed while the plate is located on the bone. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
