US 12,268,424 B2
Osteotomy plate, plate driver and method for their use
Jeffrey Johnson, Chesterfield, MO (US); David B. Kay, Akron, OH (US); and Jackson R. Heavener, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to STRYKER CORPORATION, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by OrthoHelix Surgical Designs, Inc., Medina, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,134.
Application 15/413,968 is a division of application No. 14/625,657, filed on Feb. 19, 2015, granted, now 9,572,607, issued on Feb. 21, 2017.
Application 14/625,657 is a division of application No. 12/803,852, filed on Jul. 8, 2010, granted, now 8,986,353, issued on Mar. 24, 2015.
Application 18/521,134 is a continuation of application No. 17/726,709, filed on Apr. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,864,803.
Application 17/726,709 is a continuation of application No. 16/454,119, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,337,737, issued on May 24, 2022.
Application 16/454,119 is a continuation of application No. 15/880,952, filed on Jan. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,368,926, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Application 15/880,952 is a continuation of application No. 15/413,968, filed on Jan. 24, 2017, granted, now 9,888,949, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/270,486, filed on Jul. 9, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090927 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/92 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8014 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61B 17/1782 (2016.11); A61B 17/8052 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/92 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plate for bone fixation comprising:
a first end providing a cutting edge;
a tapered end which tapers from a lateral edge of the plate with a distal edge having a larger thickness to allow for a proximal portion of the plate to be driven into a bone;
a bottom surface configured for contact with a bone;
a top surface spaced-apart from the bottom surface, wherein an open-ended passageway communicates between the top surface and the bottom surface, the open-ended passageway being defined in offset relation to at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface, with a portion of the top surface circumferentially adjacent a top open-end of the passageway that is configured to receive a head of a screw within an angle of rotation of up to 20°; and
a shroud extending outward from the top surface at an oblique angle and covering at least a portion of the top open-end, the shroud adapted to be interposed between a tissue and the head of the screw so as to prevent tissue irritation and provide compression to the bone.