Bone plate

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8246661
APP PUB NO 20070016205A1
SERIAL NO

11416489

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A bone plate (1) having an upper side (2), a bone-sided lower side (3), a first end (11), a second end (12) and several plate holes (4) arranged between the two ends (11, 12) and connecting the upper side (2) to the lower side (3), the plate holes being provided for receiving bone screws. Two of the plate holes (4) are formed by a combination of two partially overlapping boreholes (5, 6) of different type. The first (5) of the two boreholes is a circular cylindrical bore, having an internal thread (7) and a cylinder axis (9). The second borehole (6) has a cone axis (10) and tapers from the upper side (2) to the lower side (3) in the form of a frustum of a cone. The second borehole (6) is provided with an internal thread (8). The cylinder axis (9) is situated at a distance A from the cone axis (10), where A is different than zero.

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SYNTHES USA LLC1302 WRIGHTS LANE EAST WEST CHESTER PA 19380

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Appenzeller, Andreas Biel, CH 45 1302
Beutter, Florian Solothurn, CH 9 357
Cicoira, Franco Selzach, CH 10 292
Frigg, Robert Bettlach, CH 180 11393

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