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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Thomas Pleil, Bad Duerrheim, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Markus Nesper, Tuttlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
In order to improve a surgical screw container comprising a receiving part and a closure part mounted thereon so as to be movable, wherein the receiving part has at least two screw receptacles for accommodating at least two bone screws, wherein the closure part can be brought relative to the receiving part into at least one closure position, in which none of the screw receptacles is accessible for the introduction or removal of a bone screw, such that any loss of screws from the screw container can be practically ruled out it is suggested that the closure part can be brought from the at least one closure position into at least two removal positions, in each of which only a single screw receptacle is accessible for the introduction or removal of a single bone screw.