Internal fixation kit

US5060635A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mecron Medizinische Produkte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Steur · Berlin, DE
• Gunther Sauer · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 19, 1989
• Grant date: Oct 29, 1991
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/3055
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device which includes an elongated rod made of a metal having a generally silver color and having a threaded end and a component having an internal thread which engages the end of the rod. The threaded end portion has a borderline where a region coated with titanium nitride borders an uncoated region of the rod.