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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Andrea Peukert, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sven Krüger, Trossingen, DE;
Michael Rauschmann, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Bronek Boszczyk, Wollaton, GB;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone screw includes a screw shaft with an external thread. The screw shaft anchors the bone screw in a bone. A proximal end of the screw shaft includes a screw head. The ratio between the outer thread diameter and the thread core diameter increases toward the screw head in a proximal screw shaft portion or in the area of the thread's run-out.