18454900. PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE (GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.)
PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE
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Inventor(s)
Anna Kedzierska of Philadelphia PA (US)
Rebecca Gray of Spring City PA (US)
Jean-Noel Bordeaux of West Chester PA (US)
Madeline Mitchell of Norristown PA (US)
PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18454900 titled 'PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE
Original Abstract Submitted
A periprosthetic plate and method of use are disclosed that includes a proximal segment having a top portion and an end portion with at least two curved hooks that are capable of passing through a patient's abductor muscles and rest medially on a tip of a patient's greater trochanter (GT), wherein the proximal segment includes a plurality of recessed bone screw holes. A periprosthetic proximal femur plate is disclosed that includes a head portion having at least six first polyaxial screw holes and a shaft portion connected to the shaft portion having a plurality of rows of at least two second polyaxial screw holes located at an angle from the horizontal from about thirty degrees to about sixty degrees. A combination periprosthetic proximal femur plate and greater trochanter (GT) plate construct is disclosed that includes a greater trochanter (GT) plate located on top of the periprosthetic proximal femur plate.