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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Applicant:
Abraham Lavi, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Inventor:
Abraham Lavi, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Assignee:
Vilex in Tennessee, Inc., McMinville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8685 (2013.01); A61B 17/7216 (2013.01); A61B 17/7225 (2013.01); A61B 17/7291 (2013.01); A61B 17/84 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01);
Abstract
A two-component system for joining two bones or bone fragments, in which a first component is threaded, self-tapping and bears an annular mating end to engage two mating pins on the end of a second component which is also threaded and self-tapping. The two components have opposite handed threads thereon, so that upon final installation into adjacent bone the final rotation brings the abutted bone surfaces into a compressive engagement as each components burrows deeper into its respective bone surface.