Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distal radius fracture fixation plate with ulnar buttress
- Patent Title (中): 桡骨远端骨折固定板尺骨支撑
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Application No.: US13966391Application Date: 2013-08-14
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Publication No.: US09072558B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Jorge L. Orbay
- Applicant: Biomet C.V.
- Applicant Address: GI Gibraltar
- Assignee: BIOMET C.V.
- Current Assignee: BIOMET C.V.
- Current Assignee Address: GI Gibraltar
- Agency: Gordon & Jacobson, PC
- Main IPC: A61B17/80
- IPC: A61B17/80 ; A61B17/86 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
A distal volar fixation plate includes a body portion and a head portion angled upwards relative to the body portion. The head portion includes a lower surface, a central portion, a radial side and an ulnar side. The head portion defines a buttress portion extends greater distally on the ulnar side than on the radial side to support the volar lip of the lunate fossa.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140058456A1 Distal Radius Fracture Fixation Plate with Ulnar Buttress Public/Granted day:2014-02-27
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