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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kaj Klaue, Sierre, CH;
Assignee:
Synthes AG, Chur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A surgical compression plate is provided with at least one elongated screw hole with a sloping camming surface that bows outwardly to provide a constant torque until the screw is seated or a torque that increases gradually and then diminishes until the screw is seated, with a sudden increase in torque on seating, thereby to advise the surgeon that the screw has been seated.