Surgical k-wire and surgical screw system
AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsJens Beger, Michael Pfeiffer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a surgical K-wire for guiding a bone screw comprising a longitudinal channel, which said K-wire comprises a proximal and a distal end, wherein a closure element for closing-off the distal end outlet opening of the longitudinal channel of the bone screw is arranged or formed at the distal end. Furthermore, an improved surgical screw system is proposed comprising a bone screw and such a surgical K-wire.
Claims25
A surgical K-wire for guiding a bone screw comprising a longitudinal channel, which said K-wire comprises a proximal and a distal end, wherein a closure element for closing-off the distal end outlet opening of the longitudinal channel of the bone screw is arranged or formed at the distal end.
A surgical screw system comprising a bone screw having a longitudinal channel extending from a proximal end up to a distal end and a surgical K-wire for guiding the bone screw, which said K-wire comprises a proximal and a distal end, wherein a closure element for closing-off a distal end outlet opening of the longitudinal channel of the bone screw is arranged or formed at the distal end.
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