Pedicle screw system comprising a locking screw with threaded chamfer
AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsStephan Lindner, Sven Krüger, Alexander Haas
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Abstract
A bone screw system includes a bone screw having a tulip that forms a seat for a longitudinal support for surgical connection of adjacent bone screws. The tulip has a tulip thread into which a clamping screw is screwed. The clamping screw has a clamping screw thread for locking the longitudinal support by clamping within the seat. The clamping screw thread is provided on the run-in side with a thread chamfer. The thread chamfer is introduced to the clamping screw thread while chamfering a thread elevation in the radial direction.
Claims20
A clamping screw for a bone screw system which includes a bone screw comprising a tulip which forms a seat for a longitudinal support for surgical connection of adjacent bone screws and is provided with a tulip thread,
- wherein the clamping screw comprises a longitudinal axis and a clamping screw thread for locking the longitudinal support by clamping in the seat,
- wherein the clamping screw thread on a run-in side includes a radial thread cut at which the clamping screw thread is reduced or withdrawn in a radial direction, wherein the thread cut has a circumferential surface,
- wherein the thread cut has a transition section in which the circumferential surface has a varying radial distance in the radial direction from the longitudinal axis of the clamping screw, and
- wherein the radial distance between the circumferential surface and the longitudinal axis on a run-out side of the transition section corresponds to an outer thread radius, and the radial distance between the circumferential surface and the longitudinal axis on the run-in side of the transition section is smaller than a thread core radius.
A clamping screw for a bone screw system which includes a bone screw comprising a tulip which forms a seat for a longitudinal support for surgical connection of adjacent bone screws and is provided with a tulip thread,
- wherein the clamping screw comprises a longitudinal axis and a clamping screw thread for locking the longitudinal support by clamping in the seat,
- wherein the clamping screw thread on a run-in side includes a radial thread cut at which the clamping screw thread is reduced or withdrawn in a radial direction, wherein the thread cut has a circumferential surface,
- wherein the thread cut has a transition section in which the circumferential surface has a varying radial distance in the radial direction from the longitudinal axis of the clamping screw,
- wherein the radial distance between the circumferential surface and the longitudinal axis on a run-out side of the transition section corresponds to an outer thread radius, and the radial distance between the circumferential surface and the longitudinal axis on the run-in side of the transition section is smaller than a thread core radius, and
- wherein the radial distance between the circumferential surface of the transition section and the longitudinal axis in a circumferential extension varies continuously and/or constantly.
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