Bone plate
CA 2189744 C · Owner: Synthes Usa, Llc · Inventors: Talos, Gilbert; Schmoker, Roland
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The invention concerns a bone plate which is provided with a plurality of holes, disposed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the plate, for accommodating bone screws. The diameter (DL) of at least one hole - measured in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the plate - is larger than the diameter (DQ) of this hole measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plate. At least one of these holes with a smaller diameter (DQ) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plate comprises in the region of this diameter (DQ) a partial thread for receiving a bone screw with a threaded head.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 27, 1995 and granted September 16, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 27, 2015.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 27, 2017.
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