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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2005
Robert Frigg, Bettlach, CH;
Marcel Fuhrer, Frauenfeld, CH;
Stephan Küppers, Derendingen, CH;
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for bone fixation defining at least one through hole extending therethrough, the through hole including first and second through apertures separated from one another by a first resilient element deformable radially outward from the first aperture to expand the first aperture and contract the second aperture, the second aperture being sized and shaped to receive therein a bone fixation element, the second through aperture being smaller in size than the first through aperture, a periphery of the first through aperture comprising at least two substantially circular arcs Band Bwith respective radii Rand Rand respective centers Zand Zlocated at a distance X≧0 extending transversely to the resilient element whereby the ratio R:Ris in the range between 0.5 and 2.0.