Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1997-01-30
1998-09-22
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 54, A61B 1770
Patent
active
058108149
ABSTRACT:
A bone fixing screw pin (18) for use in joining broken bones, which screw pin comprises a screw threaded portion (26) for screwing into a bone (22), and a head portion (28), the head portion (28) being such that it bends back on itself and forms an aperture (30) for receiving part of a locking device (20). Connecting members (40) are connected to several of the bone fixing screw pins (18) in order to form bone fixing apparatus (16).
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