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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kaj Klaue, Bern, CH;
Jeffrey W Mast, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Synthes (U.S.A.), Paoli, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 70 ; 606 69 ; 606 73 ;
Abstract
A lockwasher is provided for attaching a bone screw to a bone plate, thus making up an osteosynthetic system. The washer has a threaded screw hole, a lower section with a surface to be applied to a bone and an upper section shaped to be retained in a plate borehole, the lower section being of less than average width than the upper section.