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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Jochen Erhart, Klosterneuburg, AT;
Ewald Unger, Vienna, AT;
Winfried Mayr, Moedling, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, Vienna, AT;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 17/1735 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 2017/8655 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a bone screw set for fixing two bone fragments, especially for treating a scaphoid bone fracture or a scaphoid bone pseudoarthrosis, comprising a first bone screw () and at least one second bone screw (). The first bone screw () is preferably embodied as a compression screw, and the first and second bone screws () comprise interacting engagement means for fixing the second bone screw () in a position, in relation to the first bone screw (), wherein at least part of the second bone screw protrudes from the cross-section of the first bone screw ().