Longitudinally adjustable bone plates and method for use thereof
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1. A rigid bone plate having at least two eyelets joined by a curved link member, wherein said link member tapers to a narrowest portion having a width Z which is less than its thickness Y.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bone plate having at least two and up to ten ringed eyelets for receiving anchoring bone screws in a modified ball-and-socket joint. The eyelets are longitudinally aligned and joined to neighboring eyelets by curvilinear, bendable ribs extending between pairs of eyelets. The ribs are of a longer length than the distance between the external surfaces of adjacent rings which allows the longitudinal spacing of the rings to be increased or decreased by bending the ribs.
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- 1. A rigid bone plate having at least two eyelets joined by a curved link member, wherein said link member tapers to a narrowest portion having a width Z which is less than its thickness Y.
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7. A rigid bone plate comprising:
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at least 4 eyelets substantially aligned in a single axis and each joined to a successive, continguous eyelet by a link member, said plate having;
a first terminal eyelet and a second terminal eyelet and intermediate eyelets there between, said intermediate eyelets having a necked area formed by adjacent link members; and
said necked area including a cut-out capable of accommodating instrumentation used for bending link members.
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