Veterinary orthopedic instrument kits are sized to the patient, not the surgeon's preference, a toy-breed fracture and a large-breed femur need different screw diameters, plate contours and instrument sets entirely. Peak Surgicals supplies ten kits spanning micro through large fragment systems, in German stainless steel, from $658.90 to $2,035.00. Each is CE marked and built under ISO 13485. Compare all ten kits in the grid below.

Micro, Standard or Large Fragment: Sizing to the Patient

Micro fragment kits (1.5–2.7mm) serve toy-breed dogs, cats and small exotics with delicate cortical bone, standard kits (2.7–4.0mm) cover the majority of small-to-medium canine fracture work, and large fragment kits (4.5–6.5mm) handle the long bones of large-breed dogs — screw diameter follows bone size, and using an oversized screw in delicate bone risks the fracture it was meant to fix. This is the first and most consequential decision a kit purchase makes.

Micro Kit 1.5/2.0/2.7mm ($1,098.90) is built for the thin cortical bone of small patients where standard hardware would be too large. Starter Kit 2.7/3.5mm ($1,045.00) and Medium Kit 2.7/3.5/4.0mm ($1,430.00) cover the bulk of routine small-animal fracture repair. Instrument System Kit 3.5/4.0mm ($658.90) and Compression Bone Plating Kit 3.5-4.0mm ($768.90) work the same range for compression-style fixation. Large Fragments Kit 4.5/6.5mm ($935.00) steps up for large-breed long-bone fractures. For complete or non-standard cases, the Custom Made Orthopedic Kit ($1,098.90), Complete Orthopedic System for Small Autoclaves ($1,758.90) and Complete Veterinary Bone Plating Kit, 19 plates, 100 screws ($2,035.00) cover a full practice's plating needs in one purchase. We supply every kit at MOQ 1.

Why Locking Plates Changed Fracture Fixation

Locking plate-and-screw systems solve a problem non-locking hardware could not: they distribute mechanical load evenly across the fixation rather than concentrating it at points of direct plate-to-bone contact, and they do not require the plate to be precisely contoured to the bone surface to work. That matters clinically,  locking systems preserve more of the periosteal blood supply than compression plating, which reduces infection risk and supports faster healing, and the screws are markedly less prone to loosening under load.

Instrument sets follow the screwdriver the system requires: a hexagonal drive for cortical screws, a flat blade for self-tapping Sherman-pattern screws, and a star drive for locking screws specifically. A kit's completeness,  colour-coded drill bits, matched sleeves, the correct driver for every screw type,  is what separates a dedicated plating system from a drawer of mismatched hardware, and it is the difference this range is built to eliminate.

Reprocessing, Instrument Inventory and Certification

A plating kit carries a reprocessing and inventory burden beyond any single instrument: drill bits, taps, drivers, depth gauges and sleeves must each be accounted for and returned to a sterilization tray in sequence, and a missing component stops a procedure mid-fixation. Verify the complete kit inventory against the tray before autoclaving and before every case, and inspect drill bits and taps for wear,  a dulled cutting edge generates heat in bone rather than cutting it cleanly.

Every instrument is forged from German stainless steel, Class I, reusable, CE marked and built under ISO 13485,  the documentation a veterinary supply team verifies before qualifying a vendor. Warranty is one year with return-and-replacement, MOQ is 1 piece, orders over $99 ship free in carton box packing, and OEM marking is available for distributors building private-label ranges. For standalone plates see small fragment locking plates; browse all veterinary instruments. Talk to us about OEM and volume terms.