US 12,185,994 B2
Hybrid bone plate
Thomas Hoon Lee, Columbus, OH (US); Axel Cremer, Fahrenkrug (DE); Richard Garret Mauldin, Erie, CO (US); Arley Perez, III, Wayne, NJ (US); and Jan Heinsohn, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to GLW, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
Filed by GLW, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,409.
Application 18/135,409 is a continuation of application No. 16/822,243, filed on Mar. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,628,000.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/927,949, filed on Oct. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/819,991, filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248402 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/80 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8028 (2013.01); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0092 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00955 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone fixation plate, comprising:
a main body formed of a first material, the main body having a main body first end, a main body second end, a main body first side, a main body second side, a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the main body defining a first set of openings extending through the main body between the first and second surfaces and a main body circumferential surface for each opening of the first set of openings; and
a support member formed of a second, different material and attached to the main body, the support member defining a second set of openings aligned with the first set of openings and a support member circumferential surface for each opening of the second set of openings;
wherein each main body circumferential surface is disposed adjacent and continuous with a support member circumferential surface to define an opening circumferential surface that bounds an opening of the first set of openings and an opening of the second set of openings;
wherein a first opening of the first set of openings has a first inner diameter; and
wherein a second opening of the second set of openings and adjacent the first opening has a second inner diameter that is different than the first inner diameter.