Bradley Bomar, Marietta, GA (US); Wayne Gray, Mableton, GA (US); Noah Roth, Marietta, GA (US); Kaitlin Jones James, Atlanta, GA (US); and Dennis Moreno, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to MiRus LLC, Marietta, GA (US)
Filed by MiRus LLC, Marietta, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,376.
Application 18/098,376 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/852,595, filed on Sep. 8, 2022, granted, now D1039696.
Application 18/098,376 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/852,274, filed on Sep. 6, 2022, granted, now D1039152.
Application 18/098,376 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/852,303, filed on Sep. 6, 2022, granted, now D1041008.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/407,823, filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,452, filed on Jan. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255669 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
1. An orthopedic fixation device for use in fracture fixation comprising a bone plate body that has a plurality of screw openings therethrough; each of said screw openings has a top and bottom edge that are spaced from one another; at least one of said screw openings as viewed along a central longitudinal axis of said screw opening has a plurality of plastically deformable protruding structures and a plurality of arcuate recessed regions; each of said arcuate recessed regions is located between two protruding structures; each arcuate recessed region forms a side of adjacently positioned protruding structures that the arcuate recessed region is located therebetween; an interior of said screw openings is absent threads; each of said protruding structures includes a top and bottom sloped surface; said top sloped surface extends directly from said top edge of said screw opening to a position located between said top edge and said bottom edge; said bottom sloped surface extends directly from said bottom edge of said screw opening to a position located between said top edge and said bottom edge; each of said top and bottom sloped surfaces have a tapering width; said width of said top sloped surface is largest at said top edge of said screw opening; said width of said bottom sloped surface is largest at said bottom edge of said screw opening; said top and bottom sloped surfaces terminate at an end of said protruding structure to form a pointed end.
