Complete Veterinary Bone Plating Kit 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.7 / 3.5 / 4.0mm – 19 Plates, 100 Screws, Full Instrument Set

The Complete Kit 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.7 / 3.5 / 4.0mm is a comprehensive veterinary small animal bone plating and fracture fixation system comprising 19 bone plates in five screw diameters, 100 cortical and cancellous self-tapping screws, five matched taps, five drill bit sizes, neutral and loaded drill guides for all five plate systems, tap sleeves, a depth gauge, plate benders, periosteal elevators, reduction forceps, self-centering forceps, a broken screw extractor, countersinks, hex screwdrivers, screw racks, and an aluminium storage case. The screw diameter range — 1.5mm through 4.0mm — spans the fracture fixation requirements from small cats and toy breeds at the micro-fragment end through medium-sized dogs requiring 3.5/4.0mm cortical purchase, making this a single comprehensive kit for the breadth of small animal orthopedic trauma encountered in general veterinary and specialist small animal surgery practice. It is used by small animal surgeons, veterinary orthopedic specialists, and surgical technicians in veterinary hospitals, small animal surgery referral centers, and general practice facilities with surgical capability. Sold as 1 complete kit.

Five-Diameter Plating System: Micro, Mini, and Standard Fragment Coverage

The defining feature of this kit is its simultaneous coverage of five plate-screw diameter systems within a single aluminium case, organized across two screw racks (1.5/2.0/2.7mm and 3.5/4.0mm) and five tap sets. Each diameter system is clinically independent and matched to a specific patient size and bone diameter range in small animal surgery. The 1.5mm plate and screw system is the micro-fragment tier, used for cortical fractures in cats and toy-breed dogs at the metacarpal, metatarsal, phalanx, and mandible, where the cortical bone thickness is too thin to accept larger screw diameters without splitting. The 2.0mm system addresses small breed dog and cat fractures at the radius, ulna, tibia, and humerus in patients under approximately 5kg, and is the standard for fractures in cats requiring multi-hole plate application along a thin diaphysis. The 2.7mm system covers medium-small dogs and larger cats at the radius, ulna, tibia, and femur, providing a step-up in pullout resistance over 2.0mm while remaining in the mini-fragment size range suitable for narrow cortical bones. The 3.5mm system is the standard cortical screw diameter for medium-to-large dogs at all long bone sites, and the 4.0mm cancellous screw variant addresses metaphyseal and epiphyseal purchase in cancellous bone at the same and larger patient sizes. Each system includes its own drill bit, drill guide (neutral and loaded configuration), tap sleeve, and tap — ensuring that screw hole preparation is correctly sized for each diameter without risk of undersizing that would cause screw fracture or oversizing that would reduce pullout strength.

Clinical Applications: Small Animal Long Bone, Mandible, and Periarticular Fracture Fixation

This five-diameter kit supports the full range of plate-and-screw fracture fixation indications encountered in veterinary small animal surgery, from cat distal radius fractures to medium-dog femoral diaphyseal fractures. In feline orthopedics, the 1.5mm and 2.0mm systems address the most common fracture patterns — distal radius and ulna fractures, often bilateral, in young cats following falls; metacarpal and metatarsal fractures from vehicle trauma; and mandibular symphyseal or body fractures. The thin cortical bone, narrow medullary canals, and small periosteal contact areas of cat limbs require plates with closely spaced holes and screws with small outer diameters, and the narrow plates in the 1.5/2.0mm portion of this kit are dimensioned accordingly. In small and medium dogs, the 2.7mm and 3.5mm systems provide fixation for humeral diaphyseal fractures — particularly supracondylar patterns in immature dogs — tibial oblique and spiral fractures, femoral diaphyseal fractures stabilized with a plate when intramedullary pinning alone is insufficient, and radius-ulna fractures in toy and small breed dogs where the bone diameter at the fracture site dictates screw diameter selection. The 4.0mm cancellous screws support fixation at the femoral neck, humeral head, and tibial plateau in larger patients where metaphyseal bone purchase is required. The broken screw extractor in this kit addresses the not-uncommon intraoperative situation where a screw fractures at the head during insertion, particularly with the smaller 1.5mm and 2.0mm screws in very hard feline cortical bone.

Instrument Set Composition: Drill Guides, Taps, Plate Benders, and Reduction Forceps

The instrument complement in this kit is organized for the specific mechanical demands of small animal bone plating across five screw diameters. The neutral and loaded drill guide system is a core element: neutral guides center the drill bit in the plate hole for standard bicortical screw placement, while loaded guides eccentrically offset the drill bit toward the near cortex, producing a screw hole position that generates interfragmentary compression as the screw is seated — the load-sharing mechanism that accelerates callus formation and union. Five matched guide pairs (1.1mm for 1.5mm screws, 1.5mm for 2.0mm screws, 2.0mm for 2.7mm screws, 2.5mm for 3.5mm screws, and 3.2mm for 4.5mm screws) ensure that each drill bit seats correctly within its guide without wobble that would misdirect the screw trajectory. The five taps (HA1.5, HA2.0, HA2.7, HA3.5, and HB4.0) cut cortical threads before self-tapping screw insertion in hard feline and canine cortical bone — a step that reduces insertion torque and screw fracture risk even with the self-tapping screw design included. The plate benders — large modern design (pair) and small — allow intraoperative plate contouring to the specific bone surface geometry of the patient, which is critical for maintaining interfragmentary compression and preventing plate liftoff during fracture reduction. The two periosteal elevators (round head and flat head), reduction forceps with point, open reduction forceps, and two self-centering forceps support the fracture reduction and temporary fixation steps that must precede plate application in complex oblique and comminuted fractures.

Surgical Grade Stainless Steel Construction and Implant Integrity

All bone plates, cortical screws, and instruments in this kit are manufactured from surgical-grade stainless steel, providing the corrosion resistance, yield strength, and fatigue life required for load-bearing internal fixation through the fracture healing period in small animals. Surgical-grade stainless steel is the standard implant material for veterinary bone plates and screws and is compatible with post-operative radiographic monitoring — unlike titanium alloys, stainless steel produces minimal beam-hardening artifact on radiographs, allowing precise assessment of plate and screw position, callus formation, and union progress on plain radiography without CT. The self-tapping cortical screw design — confirmed across all five diameters — cuts its own thread on insertion in bone where the tap has already prepared the thread profile, producing reliable cortical engagement with controlled insertion torque. The 4.0mm cancellous screw variant uses a wider thread pitch and larger core-to-outer-diameter ratio optimised for purchase in trabecular bone at the metaphysis and epiphysis. All instruments are dimensioned for the smaller scales of small animal bone surgery, with plate benders and forceps jaws sized for mini-fragment and standard-fragment plates rather than the larger instruments used in large animal or human orthopedic practice.

CE Mark, ISO 13485, and FDA Certification for Veterinary Instrument Procurement

The Complete Kit 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.7 / 3.5 / 4.0mm is manufactured under a quality management system certified to ISO 13485, governing all production stages including raw material procurement, plate and screw machining, dimensional inspection, surface finishing, packaging, and traceability. CE Mark certification confirms conformity with applicable Medical Device Regulation requirements for veterinary surgical implants and instruments distributed in EU and associated regulatory territories. FDA compliance documentation is maintained to support United States distribution and procurement by veterinary hospitals, veterinary teaching institutions, and surgical referral centers. These certifications satisfy the regulatory and tender documentation requirements recognized by institutional buyers in the USA, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and across international veterinary procurement frameworks. Certificates of conformity, biocompatibility documentation, material certificates, and dimensional inspection records are available upon request for vendor qualification and institutional tender submissions. OEM and custom kit configurations are available within the same certified manufacturing framework.

Product Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Complete Kit 1.5–4.0mm and which animals and fractures is it designed for?
The Complete Kit 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.7 / 3.5 / 4.0mm is a five-diameter veterinary bone plating system providing all plates, screws, taps, drill guides, and instruments needed for open reduction and internal fixation of small animal long bone, periarticular, and mandibular fractures. The five screw diameters address the full range of small animal patients by body size and bone diameter: the 1.5mm and 2.0mm systems are used in cats and toy-breed dogs for metacarpal, metatarsal, phalangeal, distal radius, and mandibular fractures; the 2.7mm system addresses small-breed dog and larger cat fractures at the radius, ulna, tibia, and humerus; the 3.5mm system is the standard cortical fixation diameter for medium-to-large dogs at all long bone sites; and the 4.0mm cancellous screw system provides metaphyseal and epiphyseal purchase in larger patients. With 19 bone plates, 100 screws, 10 drill bits in five sizes, five matched tap sets, neutral and loaded drill guides for all five systems, plate benders, reduction forceps, self-centering forceps, periosteal elevators, and a broken screw extractor — all housed in an aluminium case — this kit equips a veterinary surgical team to manage the breadth of small animal fracture cases without requiring five separate implant sets.

How does the neutral versus loaded drill guide system generate interfragmentary compression?
The neutral and loaded drill guide system is the mechanism by which a standard bone plate achieves dynamic interfragmentary compression — the technique that accelerates bone union by increasing contact force at the fracture surface. A neutral drill guide centers the drill bit precisely in the middle of the plate hole, placing the screw in a position where its head seats centrally against the plate's spherical hole surface without generating axial force along the bone. A loaded drill guide offsets the drill bit position eccentrically toward the fracture, placing the screw hole in the cortex at a position not aligned with the plate hole center. When the screw is inserted and tightened, its spherical head engages the inclined wall of the plate hole and is forced to translate axially as it seats, drawing the plate — and with it the bone fragment — toward the fracture surface. This compressive force improves cortical contact at the fracture interface, reduces interfragmentary movement, and stimulates the periosteal callus response. In this kit, each screw diameter has a matched loaded drill guide calibrated to produce the correct eccentric offset for the corresponding plate hole geometry. For small animal fractures where the bone diameter and plate length are small, accurate use of the loaded guide at the first screw positions is especially important because only a limited number of screw holes are available per plate.

When should the 4.0mm cancellous screw be used instead of the 3.5mm cortical screw?
The 4.0mm cancellous screw is designed for placement in metaphyseal and epiphyseal bone, where the trabecular architecture is too coarse and the cortical shell too thin for a standard cortical thread profile to engage reliably. Cancellous screws have a wider thread pitch, shallower thread depth relative to outer diameter, and a larger core diameter than cortical screws of similar outer dimension — features that maximise engagement surface area in the low-density cancellous bone of the metaphysis and epiphysis while avoiding the splitting forces that a narrow-pitch cortical thread would generate in this region. In the context of this veterinary kit, the 4.0mm cancellous screws are indicated when the plate extends to the distal femoral or proximal tibial metaphysis for periarticular fractures, when fixation is required at the femoral neck or greater trochanter, and when metaphyseal bone purchase is required for construct stability in medium-to-large dogs. The 3.5mm cortical self-tapping screws in the same kit are used for diaphyseal fixation in the same patient size range, where the cortical bone is thick enough for cortical thread engagement. Screw selection between these two options is determined by the position of the screw hole relative to the diaphysis-metaphysis junction on pre-operative radiography.

What sterilization methods are compatible with this kit?
All stainless steel instruments are compatible with steam autoclave sterilization at standard pre-vacuum cycle parameters of 134°C / 273°F, the recommended routine reprocessing method. The aluminium case should be confirmed as autoclave-compatible with the facility's sterilization equipment; when uncertain, instruments should be decanted into a wrapped sterilization tray. Ethylene oxide and hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization are compatible with the stainless steel components. Pre-cleaning via manual brushing and ultrasonic processing is required before terminal sterilization to remove bone, blood, and tissue debris from drill guide channels, tap flutes, and plate bender contact surfaces. The broken screw extractor tip should be verified for dimensional integrity at each reprocessing cycle. Implants — bone plates and screws — are single-use devices and must not be resterilized after any surgical contact or implantation.

What regulatory certifications does this kit carry?
The Complete Kit 1.5–4.0mm is manufactured under an ISO 13485-certified quality management system covering raw material procurement, machining, dimensional inspection, surface treatment, packaging, and traceability. CE Mark certification confirms conformity with applicable Medical Device Regulation requirements for veterinary surgical implants and instruments. FDA compliance documentation is maintained for United States distribution, supporting procurement by veterinary hospitals, teaching universities, and specialist referral centers. These certifications satisfy institutional procurement and tender documentation requirements in the USA, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and across international veterinary procurement frameworks. Certificates of conformity, biocompatibility declarations, and material documentation are available on request.

Are bulk, institutional, or OEM orders available?
Yes. Peak Surgicals accepts institutional purchase orders with a minimum order quantity of 1, and volume pricing is available for veterinary hospitals, teaching universities, small animal surgery referral groups, and veterinary medical device distributors. Individual plate and screw replenishment orders are available for facilities that wish to restock specific depleted diameters without purchasing a full replacement kit. OEM manufacturing is available for buyers requiring private-label branding, modified screw length ranges, or custom plate configurations, produced within the same ISO 13485-certified framework with full regulatory documentation. This kit qualifies for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.