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US 8,709,055 B2Granted
Composite material bone implant
AssigneeCarbofix Orthopedics Ltd.
InventorsMordechay Beyar, Oren Globerman, Elad Einav, Hila Wachsler-Avrahami
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Abstract
A composite bone implant. In some embodiments, one or more features are provided, such as markers for passageways, axial engagement of bone screws, sliding support of bone screws and/or a cannulated channel for a guide wire.
Claims16
A bone fixation screw comprising:
- a composite core formed of a threaded, polymer body containing longitudinally extending reinforcing fibers;
- and a metal exterior surface on the core to provide additional hardness to the screw;
- wherein said metal exterior surface is thin enough so that it does not cause artifacts in CT or MRI images that would significantly interfere with visualization, having a thickness ranging between 0.02 and 0.1 mm;
- and wherein said metal exterior surface is smooth.
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