Forked plate
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1. Bone plate having a longitudinal shaft section with a longitudinal axis and at least two prongs shaped in forked fashion unitary with one end of said shaft section, said prongs having a free space therebetween and being bent at an angle of 60°
- to 150°
relative to said longitudinal axis, and means for lengthening said prongs individually.
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Abstract
A bone plate is disclosed having a longitudinal shaft section with boreholes to admit attachment screws. Two forklike prongs are attached to the shaft section. The prongs are bent relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft section at an angle from 60 degrees to 150 degrees. The prongs can be lengthened individually so that the bone plate can be adjusted to different applications, even interoperatively, and without great expense.
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1. Bone plate having a longitudinal shaft section with a longitudinal axis and at least two prongs shaped in forked fashion unitary with one end of said shaft section, said prongs having a free space therebetween and being bent at an angle of 60°
- to 150°
relative to said longitudinal axis, and means for lengthening said prongs individually. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- to 150°
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28. Bone plate having a longitudinal shaft section with a longitudinal axis and at least two prongs shaped in forked fashion unitary with one end of said shaft section, said prongs being bent at an angle of 60°
- to 150°
relative to said longitudinal axis, said prongs having distal ends comprising means for lengthening said prongs individually, wherein the means for lengthening comprises a threaded socket, said plate further comprising a longitudinal lengthening element equipped at one end with a thread matching the thread of said socket and at its other end with a tool recess to be used to screw the element in the socket.
- to 150°
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