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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cosimo Donno, Winterthur, CH;
Simon Casutt, Gossau, CH;
Assignee:
Suler Orthopedics Ltd., Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
Abstract
With the invention the connection of a bone screw ( ) to a bone plate ( ) is shown. The head ( ) of the bone screw ( ) lies with a ring-shaped outer surface ( ) in contact on a counter-surface ( ) and can be fixed with a securing screw ( ) which can be screwed in in the direction towards the counter-surface ( ). In this the height ( ) of the bone plate ( ) is chosen such that it is less than or equal to the shaft diameter ( ) of the bone screw ( ), whereas the screw head ( ) dips into a cut-out ( ) of the securing screw ( ) and the upper side of the securing screw ( ) terminates with the upper side of the bone plate ( ).
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