Adjustable bone fixation plate
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1. A bone plate comprising a pair of spaced anchor portions and a bridge extending between said portions, said bridge including a first elastic tension spring extendable along the bridge and an inelastic compression member permanently foreshortenable along the bridge, said spring and compression member arranged in series, whereby permanent foreshortening of the compression member elastically extends the spring.
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A bone plate includes a pair of mounting portions with bridges extending between the mounting portions. Each bridge includes at least one spring member and a compression member, arranged in series.
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- 1. A bone plate comprising a pair of spaced anchor portions and a bridge extending between said portions, said bridge including a first elastic tension spring extendable along the bridge and an inelastic compression member permanently foreshortenable along the bridge, said spring and compression member arranged in series, whereby permanent foreshortening of the compression member elastically extends the spring.
- 19. A bone plate formed from an integral metal sheet, including a pair of spaced apart anchor portions, a plurality of mounting apertures in each of said anchor portions, a plurality of bridges extending between the anchor portions, each bridge including an elastic tension spring extendable along the bridge and a permanently deformable compression member foreshortenable along the bridge arranged in series, said compression member deformable to reduce the length of said bridge and elastically extend said tension spring to urge said anchor portions together.
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30. A bone plate for compressing a bone fracture comprising a pair of spaced anchor portions, a bridge joining said anchor portions, said bridge including first means for elastically increasing the length of said bridge and second means for permanently foreshortening the length of said bridge, said first and second means arranged in series to draw said anchor portions towards one another and resiliently compress a bone fracture.
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