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US 11,006,990 B2Granted
Method of making a self-cleaning self-cutting implant
AssigneeEvollution IP Holdings, Inc.
InventorThierry Giorno
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods of stabilizing bone implants, including inserting a self-tapping implant having at least two helical grooves running in opposite directions around the implant.
Claims6
A method for making a self-threading bone implant, the method including the steps of:
- providing a body comprising a generally cylindrical portion having an outer circumference;
- forming a helical thread along at least a portion of the outer circumference of the body, the thread having a minor thread diameter and a major thread diameter, and
- forming a first blade in the thread, the first blade having an arcuate cutting edge that curves helically aft and radially outward from adjacent the minor thread diameter to merge with a thread ridge adjacent the major thread diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.