Paragraph Number

78

In certain embodiments, the implant assembly 100 may include a bone plate 108 having one or more openings 506. The opening 506 may serve as a window that permits a surgeon, post-operation, to view progress of a bone fusion procedure between bones 102 secured with the implant assembly 100. Alternatively, or in addition, the opening 506 can provide structural integrity to the bone plate 108. The openings 506 may mitigate coverage of body parts of a patient unnecessarily, may reduce the weight and amount of material used to form the bone plate 108, enable desirable flexing or stretching of the bone plate 108 as a patient moves. Alternatively, or in addition, the opening 506 may provide an aesthetic appeal for the bone plate 108.

Added by DJM 5 2021