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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Biomet Trauma, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Ross T. Leung, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Brian K. Berelsman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Trauma, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus can include a plate member having a top surface, a bottom surface and a hole extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The plate member hole can have a spherically shaped sidewall. A right-hand helical thread can be formed in the sidewall of the plate member hole, and a left-hand helical cut can be formed in the sidewall of the plate member hole intersecting the right-hand helical thread. The left-hand helical cut can be configured to reduce a portion of a contact surface area of the right-hand helical thread and the sidewall of the plate member hole.