Bone anchor with a drilling template connecting to this bone anchor and method for manufacturing the bone anchor and the drilling template
AssigneeTita-Link B.V.
InventorHugo De Clerck
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing at least one bone anchor and a corresponding drilling template, wherein the bone anchor has an anchor plate which is to be fixed to the surface of a bone by means of one or several screws having a screw head. The anchor plate thus has a bone side which is to connect to the surface of the bone and a free side which is opposite to said bone side. Further, a method for manufacturing a drilling template is described, making it possible to make bore holes in the bone at predetermined positions and to screw the bone anchor to the bone according to predetermined orientations.
Claims7
A set with a drilling template and at least one jaw bone anchor and one or a plurality of screws for fixing the bone anchor to a bone,
- wherein the bone anchor has an anchor plate with recesses for said screws provided with screw heads in order to fix the anchor plate to the surface of the bone,
- wherein the anchor plate has a bone side which is configured to connect to the surface of the bone and a free side opposite to said bone side,
- wherein said drilling template has a cylindrical recess for each of said screws with a central axis for guiding a drill or a cutter,
- wherein the shape of the drilling template fits against said free side of the anchor plate, such that said central axis of each of the cylindrical recesses coincides with the axis of a corresponding recess in said anchor plate, and
- wherein the diameter of said cylindrical recesses of the drilling template is equal to or larger than the diameter of the head of the corresponding screw,
- wherein the screws are configured to be insertable through the cylindrical recesses of the drilling template to fix the anchor plate to the bone while the drilling template is placed to fit against the free side of the anchor plate,
- wherein the drilling template is removable from the anchor plate after the screws are installed, and
- wherein said recesses of the anchor plate connect to a depression in said free surface of the anchor plate such that, when the anchor plate is fixed to the bone with said screws, the heads of these screws will be countersunk in the free surface of the anchor plate.
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