Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-03-29
1997-12-09
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606104, A61B 1758
Patent
active
056954972
ABSTRACT:
In a screw made of biodegradable material for bone surgery purposes, the outer surface of the screw body is provided with a coaxial external thread. A coaxial channel of sawtoothed star-shaped transverse cross-sectional profile is provided in the screw body, which channel is open at the proximal end in order to receive the complementarily shaped shaft of a screwdriver, and extends into the area of the distal end. The channel wall is radially symmetrical about the longitudinal axis in regular rotary steps and defines an axial channel area and a plurality of lobe areas arranged uniformly around the channel area. In each lobe area the channel wall has a pair of flanks which extend into the vicinity of an end of the lobe area remote from the channel area. In a cross-section of the screw body, each lobe area is formed asymmetrical in respect of a diametrical plane. A section of the contour line which corresponds to the leading flank is shorter than a section of the contour line which corresponds to the trailing flank. The leading flank may have a form which leads to an increasing extent as the radial distance increases in the direction of screwing-in. At the end of the lobe area the flanks can run together to form an edge and define 3 to 8, preferably 6, sickle-shaped teeth which are salient with respect to the direction of rotation.
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Buiz Michael
Woo Julian W.
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