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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2019
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A nut for treating a bone includes a head and a body extending longitudinally from the head to a free end and including a channel extending longitudinally thereinto from the free end, the channel configured to engage an end of a bone screw, and an exterior threading extending about the body from an exterior surface thereof along an entire length thereof, an outer contour of the exterior threading defined via radially outermost edges of the exterior threading, a first portion of the outer contour adjacent the head portion having a smaller diameter than a second portion of the outer contour extending from the first portion to the free end of the body.