Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1989-11-20
1991-05-28
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 73, 411389, A61F 504, F16B 3500
Patent
active
050190792
ABSTRACT:
A guided bone screw includes proximal and distal sections threaded with different pitches in the same direction and spaced by an unthreaded intermediate section having a shorter length than the distal section with a diameter substantially equal to the major diameter of the distal section. The intermediate section diameter is greater than the minor diameter and smaller than the major diameter of the proximal section thread. The threads of both the distal and proximal sections are self-tapping. A guide bore for a guide wire extends the entire length of the screw. Two drive recesses are disposed in the proximal screw end on opposite sides of the guide bore for engagement by a two-pin screwdriver. The unthreaded intermediate section radially fills the bone bore in which it is implanted to provide lateral stability for the bone screw.
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Brown Michael
Hafer Robert A.
Zimmer Inc.
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