1. A device comprising: a. an internal fixator for spanning a fracture, the internal fixator having a plurality of layers, each layer of the plurality of layers including a thermoplastic component and a fiber component and each layer of the plurality of layers having a selected fiber angle pattern, b. the selected fiber angle patterns being arranged symmetrically from a first layer to a last layer, and c. the symmetrical arrangement of fiber angle patterns including at least two layers having generally opposing fiber angle patterns.