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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Innovate Orthopaedics Limited, Huddersfield, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Michael Williams, London, GB;
Alexander John Gutteridge, Huddersfield, GB;
Assignee:
INNOVATE ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED, Huddersfield, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 17/8645 (2013.01); A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/8897 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0858 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0894 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a compression fixation between a first and further component. The apparatus comprises an elongate body having a head end and a tip end and comprising a screw thread including a first region in which the screw thread has a corresponding first pitch and a further region, extending from the tip end, in which the screw thread is tapered and has a corresponding further pitch that continually decreases away from the tip end.