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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Dietmar Wolter, D-21033 Hamburg, DE;
Other;
Abstract
A fixation system for bones including a connection carrier with at least one passage hole and at least one bone screw inserted into the at least one passage hole. The connection carrier including a seat surface and the bone screw including a seat surface, permitting a mutual alignment at various angles for fixing the bone screw at a certain angle to the connection carrier. The bone screw further including a preformed thread below the bone screw seat surface, the preformed thread deforming a portion of the passage hole below the seat surface of the connection carrier when the bone screw is screwed in so that a thread connection is formed between the bone screw thread and the connection carrier, the deformation being formed by rotating the bone screw at a certain angle to the connection carrier.