US 12,232,749 B2
Drill guide for orthopedic device
Adam Finley, Winona Lake, IN (US)
Assigned to Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,484.
Application 17/991,484 is a continuation of application No. 16/961,832, granted, now 11,529,150, previously published as PCT/US2019/019843, filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/636,073, filed on Feb. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088523 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1728 (2013.01) [A61B 17/809 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone plate system for fixation of a fractured bone, the system comprising:
a bone plate comprising:
an elongate plate body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including a bone contacting first surface and an opposite generally planar second surface;
a first fastener aperture extending through the first and second surfaces of the plate body;
a second fastener aperture extending through the first and second surfaces of the plate body;
a first leg member formed integral with the distal end of the plate body and extending away from the first surface of the plate body, the first leg member including fixation projections configured for engagement with bone; and
a second leg member formed integral with the distal end of the plate body and extending away from the first surface of the plate body, the second leg member including fixation projections configured for engagement with bone; and
a plurality of fasteners, each fastener configured for insertion within at least one of the first fastener aperture or the second fastener aperture;
wherein the plate body extends along a longitudinal plate body axis from the proximal end to the distal end of the plate body, the plate body further including a first side extending between the first and second surfaces of the plate body and an opposite second side extending between the first and second surfaces of the plate body;
wherein the first and second fastener apertures are aligned along the longitudinal plate body axis;
wherein the first and second leg members extend away from the longitudinal plate body axis the first and second leg members extending from the bone contacting first surface;
wherein the plate body defines a first plate width at a location between the first and second fastener apertures and larger second and third plate widths at locations corresponding to the first and second fastener apertures, respectively; and
wherein a plate width is defined at the distal end of the plate body where the first and second leg members extend away from the first surface of the plate body, the plate body gradually increasing in width from the third plate width at the second fastener aperture to the plate width at the distal end of the plate body.