US 12,440,243 B1
Apparatus and methods for a bone fixation plate
Emad S Aboujaoude, Portland, OR (US); and Cory Carlston, Lake Oswego, OR (US)
Filed by Emad S Aboujaoude, Portland, OR (US); and Cory Carlston, Lake Oswego, OR (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,976.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/323,501, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/68 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/30622 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone fixation device comprising:
a distal end piece; the distal end piece capable of being attached to a bone of a hand;
a proximal end piece; the proximal end piece capable of being attached to a bone of an arm;
a middle end piece interposed between the distal end piece and the proximal end piece, the middle end piece including a distal junction point having:
a first angular bend formed relative to a z-axis extending along the length of the bone fixation device, and
a second angular bend formed relative to a y-axis perpendicular to the z-axis; and
wherein when the distal end piece is attached to the bone of the hand and the proximal end piece is attached to the bone of the arm, two angles are formed relative to the z-axis and the y-axis.