Back to results
US 2025/0375303 A1Published application
Bone screw and systems for bone fusion
AssigneeNordic Health Service Oy
InventorJanek Frantzen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Disclosed is a bone screw and a fixation system specifically configured for fixing a bone fusion device into a human or animal body with the aid of a specifically designed fastening unit. A bone fusion system including at least two such bone screws in said bone fusion device is also disclosed along with said fastening unit.
Claims12
A bone fusion system, comprising:
- a bone fusion device having an anterior wall, posterior wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, and a central cavity open to a superior and an inferior surface, wherein
- the anterior wall has a central access port extending therethrough, and at least one pair of a first bone screw passage and second bone screw passage in an oblique angle around the access port through the anterior wall,
- the posterior wall having a blind-hole at the midpoint of its proximal surface, the blind-hole being configured to detachably receive a distal end of a rod arrangement in a fastening unit specifically configured for fixing the bone fusion device into a human or animal body;
- and
- a bone screw in at least one of the bone screw passages, wherein the bone screw comprises:
- an elongated shaft having a straight proximal region and a tapered distal region with one or more threads disposed along the length of the tapered distal region, and one or more helical indentations disposed along the elongated shaft in a direction opposite to the direction of said one or more threads;
- a head disposed at the proximal end of the elongated shaft;
- and
- a tip disposed at the distal end of the elongated shaft.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.