Axial tension screw
AssigneeAcumed LLC
InventorRandall J. Huebner
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Abstract
A method of repairing bone. In the method, a sleeve and a fastener may be provided, with the fastener projecting from the sleeve and having a trailing section disposed in threaded engagement with the sleeve. A leading section of the fastener may be driven into threaded engagement with bone. The sleeve may be advanced into contact with the bone to apply tension to the fastener and compress the bone. A trailing section of the fastener may be driven out of the sleeve and into threaded engagement with the bone.
Claims20
A method of repairing bone, the method comprising:
- providing (a) a sleeve and (b) a fastener projecting from the sleeve and having a trailing section disposed in threaded engagement with the sleeve;
- driving a leading section of the fastener into threaded engagement with bone;
- advancing the sleeve into contact with the bone to apply tension to the fastener and compress the bone;
- and
- driving a trailing section of the fastener out of the sleeve and into threaded engagement with the bone.
A method of repairing bone with a fastener including a leading section having a first external thread, an intermediate section, and a trailing section having a second external thread, the method comprising:
- disposing the trailing section of the fastener in a sleeve, with the second external thread in threaded engagement with the sleeve and the leading section outside the sleeve;
- driving the leading section of the fastener into threaded engagement with a first portion of bone;
- applying pressure to a second portion of bone with a tip of the sleeve, to tension the fastener and urge the first and second portions of bone toward each other;
- and
- driving the trailing section of the fastener out of the sleeve and into threaded engagement with the second portion of bone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.