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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Hubbard, Modesto, CA (US);
Robert-Jan Enzerink, Tracy, CA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ; F16B 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ; F16B 3/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a screw comprising a screw body including a tip portion having a front face, an end portion having a rear face and being positioned to lie in spaced-apart relation to the tip portion, a threaded portion having a rounded thread extending between the tip portion and the end portion, and a passageway extending the length of the screw body from the front face to the rear face.
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