Osteoinductive bone screw
US5348026A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A bone screw and its method of manufacturing provides a low modulus osteoinductive bone screw with a high resistance to insertion torquing. The method includes the steps of pre-torquing a plurality of reinforcing fibers, molding a polymer matrix to bond with the pre-torqued fibers, and wherein the screw apparatus is coated with an osteoinductive material such as BMP, growth factors, hydroxyapatite or calcium phosphate.
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