Reduction Trauma Screws and Related Methods
AssigneeAllumin8, Inc.
InventorsAlyssa Huffman, Matthew Shomper
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Abstract
Provided herein are a reduction trauma screw and a method for its implantation. The screw comprises a headless screw with narrow threads at the proximal end and a reduction cap. The cap is adapted to couple to the headless screw via the narrow threads after the screw has been inserted into a substrate, such as a patient's bone. The method involves inserting the headless screw into a bone borehole using a headless driver and coupling a reduction cap to the inserted screw using a reduction driver loaded with the cap. This counter-torque approach allows for effective implantation of the reduction trauma screw. These innovations offer potential improvements in patient care, particularly in the areas of bone reduction, traction, and fixation.
Claims45
A reduction trauma screw, comprising a headless screw having narrow threads at the proximal end and a reduction cap adapted to couple to the headless screw via the narrow threads after the headless screw has been inserted into a substrate.
A method of implanting a reduction trauma screw, comprising inserting a headless screw with a headless driver into a borehole in a bone, and coupling a reduction cap to the inserted headless screw via a reduction driver loaded with the reduction cap by using the headless driver to counter-torque against the reduction driver.
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