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A surgical compression plate is provided with at least one elongated screw hole with a sloping camming surface that bows outwardly to provide a constant torque until the screw is seated or a torque that increases gradually and then diminishes until the screw is seated, with a sudden increase in torq

A surgical compression plate is provided with at least one elongated screw hole with a sloping camming surface that bows outwardly to provide a constant torque until the screw is seated or a torque that increases gradually and then diminishes until the screw is seated, with a sudden increase in torque on seating, thereby to advise the surgeon that the screw has been seated.

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A compression plate for stabilizing a bone fracture or an osteotomy in compression osteosynthesis, said plate having an upper surface, a lower surface to be placed next to the bone, and at least one elongated hole, the walls of the hole being sloped downwardly, toward the lower surface, and inwardly

A compression plate for stabilizing a bone fracture or an osteotomy in compression osteosynthesis, said plate having an upper surface, a lower surface to be placed next to the bone, and at least one elongated hole, the walls of the hole being sloped downwardly, toward the lower surface, and inwardly, and an end wall of the hole having a camming portion curved convexly toward the center of the hole, said camming portion extending from the upper surface to a point adjacent the lower surface.