Renew compression screw
OwnerKartikeya P. Pathakinventor
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Abstract
An external fixator implant screw with an intercalated head, of which one embodiment for lag screw mode has a spherical head, and a partial thread. The spherical head in countersunk bone exerts concentric wide contact on insertion at various angles to surface. Optional canalization of central rod allows guide wire technique and optional mobility of head allows variable shaft length between head and thread. Another embodiment for use in basic implant mode, in a single bone fragment, at right angles to bone surface, has a conical head with limited basal contact on bone, the head being integrated to a solid rod and is fully threaded from head to leading tip. In both embodiments, the load transmission is renewable from outside in case of loosening, without reopening any wound. The implant is made of biocompatible material.
Claims1
A basic mode solid rod external fixator half-pin implant for driving at right angles to bone surface for controlling a single fragment;
- comprising,
- a first end for driving in bone, with a thread at first end;
- and a second end for securing to external fixator by clamps, with a grip for turning at second end;
- an intercalated fixed conical head with base towards the first end, having a blunt serrated margin for limited contact on bone surface;
- the implant device, being fully threaded from first end to intercalated head for wide load bearing, and having an extended rod length from head to the second end for driving, and for securing it to external construct and to renew the stability on loosening.
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