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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2014
Fernando Pancheco, Zürich, CH;
Martin Knape, Freiburg, DE;
Egon Hermann, Denzlingen, DE;
Kevin Soldan, Solothurn, CH;
Fernando Pancheco, Zürich, CH;
Martin Knape, Freiburg, DE;
Egon Hermann, Denzlingen, DE;
Kevin Soldan, Solothurn, CH;
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A locking peg includes a head and a shaft. The head is at the proximal end of the locking peg, and a shaft extends distally from the head to a distal end of the locking peg. The shaft has a threaded proximal portion and an unthreaded distal portion. A length of the unthreaded distal portion of the shaft is greater than a length of the threaded proximal portion of the shaft. When the locking peg is inserted into a bone through a bone plate, the threaded proximal portion of the shaft extends into the bone. This extended threading provides additional axial force to help explant the locking peg during removal of the locking peg.