Osteosynthesis device

US5738685A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Schafer micomed GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Henry Halm · Bissendorf, DE
• Gunther Rehder · Stuhr, DE
• Bernd Schafer · Kipfenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 1996
• Grant date: Apr 14, 1998
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/7032
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An osteosynthesis device having a bone screw, particularly a pedicle screw, a fork head that has a groove and a corrective pin seated in the groove of the fork head. A corrective pin is secured against twisting in that the bottom of the groove of the fork head is provided with a plurality of longitudinal slots lying parallel to one another.