Patent Issued for Bone repair system and method (USPTO 11559340).

The bone plate may be attached to the rib on its internal surface, the side of the rib lining the pleural space. Long-term problems of patients with flail chest injuries treated nonoperatively include subjective chest tightness, thoracic cage pain, and dyspnea. The method of claim 1, wherein the first bone segment and the second bone segment are rib bone segments. [Extracted from the article]