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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Steve Mark Bowman, Sherborn, MA (US);
Alfred R. Berube, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Bernard Joseph Bourque, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Wei Yang, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark Edwin Housman, North Attleborough, MA (US);
John Stroncek, Boston, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an interference screw having a body with a proximal end, distal end, and longitudinal axis extending between thereinbetween. The screw further includes threads for fixing the screw into bone. The screw further includes a through bore defined by the body. The through bore extends between the proximal and distal ends along the longitudinal axis, and has a surface. The screw further includes a controlling member formed by the through bore surface. To install the screw into bone, a surgeon turns the screw with a driver that engages with the controlling member. The driver only engages the controlling member when it is in a driving orientation with respect to the controlling member. Advantageously, with this 'one-way' engagement the surgeon can control and confirm the orientation of the driver without seeing the driver and/or screw.