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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US);
Inventor:
Andrew P. Muser, St. Pete Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 17/8635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical screw for fixation into bone or soft tissue. The surgical screw includes a cannulated body having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the cannulated body has a tapered tip and a plurality of threads extend around the exterior of the cannulated body. An introducer extends distally from the tapered tip and has a diameter (which can be variable or constant) which is less than a diameter of the tapered tip. The surgical screw is cannulated such that a channel extends through the body from the proximal end to (and sometimes through) the distal end.