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Polyaxial locking plate

  • US 20020156474A1
  • Filed: 03/18/2002
  • Published: 10/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A fracture repair system for engagement with a bone, the system comprising:

  • a plate including a body portion and an internal wall defining a plate hole through the body portion, a bushing including a radially exterior surface and an opposite radially interior surface defining a passageway, the exterior surface of said bushing and the interior wall of said plate being configured to permit polyaxial rotation of said bushing within the plate hole an attachment component including a distal portion sized for clearance passage through the passageway and into the bone and an opposite proximate portion sized to press said bushing against the internal wall of said plate to form a friction lock between said bushing and said plate in a selected polyaxial position, said attachment component being positionable in an orientation extending divergingly from the center of said plate.

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