US 11,986,226 B2
Bone plate
Daniele Venturini, Povegliano Veronese (IT); Marco Magni, Ferrara (IT); and Andrea Zaccaria, Tregnago (IT)
Assigned to Orthofix S.R.L., Bussolengo (IT)
Filed by ORTHOFIX S.R.L., Bussolengo (IT)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,443.
Application 17/881,443 is a continuation of application No. 16/481,293, granted, now 11,406,434, previously published as PCT/EP2018/056022, filed on Mar. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 102017000030628 (IT), filed on Mar. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370106 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/8014 (2013.01); A61B 17/8028 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone plate, comprising:
a pair of lobed portions each including a through-hole extending from an upper surface to a lower surface and configured to receive a fastener; and
a central linking portion extending between the pair of lobed portions, wherein each of the lobed portions has a cross-sectional thickness, in a plane extending along a longitudinal length of the bone plate and between the upper and lower surfaces, that continuously decreases in a direction extending away from the central linking portion to a respective end of each lobed portion,
wherein the bone plate has a maximum thickness where each lobed portion joins the central linking portion,
wherein the maximum thickness is approximately 1.5-2.3 mm, and
wherein a minimum thickness of the central linking portion is approximately 1.3-1.7 mm.