Bone plate with pre-assembled drill guide tips

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9220515
APP PUB NO 20110166607A1
SERIAL NO

12977705

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Removable drill guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a bone plate. The tips may be used with an extension to together function as a conventional drill guide. After drilling, the extension or another tool is used to remove the tips from the plate. According to another use, the tip is used as a guide for a drill bit without any additional extension and then removed with a tool.

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  • BIOMET C.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Castaneda, Javier E Miami, US 67 4563
Doyle, William F New York, US 6 246
Orbay, Jorge L Miami, US 126 8248

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