Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1998-07-13
2000-05-02
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 61, 411 5, A61B 1756
Patent
active
060567538
ABSTRACT:
An improved set screw with a break off head for use in an osteosynthesis apparatus. The set screw comprising a head or stem preferably having a hexagonal external cross-section, a lower portion having a thread extending around an outer surface thereof and a shank connecting the head to the threaded lower portion. An outer diameter of the shank is equal to a minor diameter of the threaded lower portion, i.e. the outer diameter of the threaded lower portion at the base of the thread. A bore extends into the set screw from an upper surface thereof. The bore has a first bore section and a second bore section wherein the second bore section has a reduced diameter relative to the first bore section and is separated from the first bore section by an internal shoulder. The internal shoulder extends into the bore below an upper end of the thread. The first bore section is sized relative to the shank to result in shearing of the head from the lower portion upon application of a pre-selected torque on the head relative to the lower portion. The stepped down bore configuration also facilitates use of an easy out tool for removing the threaded lower portion, if necessary, from an implant in which it has been secured. The bore may include a plurality of bore sections of increasingly smaller diameter to further facilitate use of an easy out tool.
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Two Drawings of Sofamor dated Mar. 10, 1994 and Sep. 20, 1994.
Photocopy of Sofamor Danek GDLH (TM) Posterior Spinal System Locking Screw and label, on sale at least one year prior to the filing of the present application.
Buiz Michael
McMahon John C.
Woo Julian W.
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