Bone plate system with bone screws fixed by secondary compression
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1. A bone plate system, comprising:
- a) a bone plate including a bone screw hole;
b) a bone screw having a head portion residing within said bone screw hole, and a shaft extending below the plate; and
c) a set screw having a head and a shaft, wherein driving said set screw rotationally and axially into said set screw hole at least 180°
in rotation causes said set screw to directly a lateral compressive force to said head portion of said bone screw.
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Abstract
A bone plating system includes a plate, fixed angle and variable angle bone screws, and corresponding set screws for each type of the bone screws. The plate includes common openings adapted to receive the variable and fixed angle bone screws, both of which can be locked relative to the plate with the set screws. In all modes of use, a set screw, sometimes in combination with a sliding washer, is then used to fix the level of compression and prevent loosening. In one mode of use, a bone screw can also be driven to cause displacement of the plate such that pressure is applied to maintain bone parts together about a fracture in tight engagement.
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1. A bone plate system, comprising:
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a) a bone plate including a bone screw hole;
b) a bone screw having a head portion residing within said bone screw hole, and a shaft extending below the plate; and
c) a set screw having a head and a shaft, wherein driving said set screw rotationally and axially into said set screw hole at least 180°
in rotation causes said set screw to directly a lateral compressive force to said head portion of said bone screw.
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3. A bone plate system, comprising:
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a) a bone plate including a bone screw hole having a lower cylindrical or frustoconical portion, and an upper cylindrical or frustoconical portion, and an adjacent threaded set screw hole;
b) a bone screw having a head portion residing within said bone screw hole, and a shaft extending below the plate; and
c) a set screw having a circular head and a shaft, wherein driving said set screw into said set screw hole causes said head of bone screw to become compressed between said plate at a side of said upper portion of said bone screw hole and said head of said set screw. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A bone plate system, comprising:
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a) a bone plate including a non-threaded bone screw hole with an axis;
b) a fixed angle bone screw having a head and a shaft with a substantially constant diameter, said head of said fixed angle screw shaped to seat in said bone screw hole only with its shaft concentric with said axis;
c) a variable angle bone screw having a head and shaft with said substantially constant diameter, said head of said variable angle screw shaped to stably seat in said bone screw hole with its shaft directed in any of several axes; and
d) means for locking said fixed angle bone screw relative to said plate. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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14. A bone plate system, comprising:
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a) a bone plate including a bone screw holes and a set screw holes, with each set screw hole being associated with only one bone screw hole;
b) a bone screw having a head portion residing entirely within one of said bone screw holes, and a shaft extending entirely below the plate; and
c) a plurality of set screws each having a head and a shaft, wherein driving one of said set screws into an associated screw hole causes a lateral compressive force to be applied to said head portion of said bone screw within one of said bone screw holes. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 33, 34, 35)
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20. A bone plate system, comprising:
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a) a bone plate including a bone screw hole, an adjacent threaded set screw hole and a slot which extends from said bone screw hole and over said set screw hole;
b) a washer slidable within said slot and including an elongate opening and a contact face; and
c) a set screw having a circular head and a shaft, said shaft extending within said elongate opening and being threadably engaged in said set screw hole, wherein threadably inserting said set screw into said set screw hole causes a contact face of said washer to be laterally driven against said head portion of said bone screw to compress said head portion of said bone screw between said plate and said washer. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A bone plate system, comprising:
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a) a bone plate including a bone screw hole and an adjacent straight slot;
b) an element longitudinally movable within said slot; and
c) means for longitudinally driving said element into said bone screw hole.
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29. A method of implanting a bone plate against a long bone comprising:
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a) positioning the bone plate against the long bone, the bone plate defining a bone screw hole;
b) providing a bone screw having a head and shaft;
c) inserting the bone screw through the bone screw hole such that the head of the bone screw provides a compressive force to said plate; and
d) driving a set screw to effect lateral compression of the head of the bone screw against the plate to lock the bone screw relative to the plate. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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