Patent · US Expired

Interference screw

US6589245B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Weiler · Berlin, DE
Michael Strobel · Straubing, DE
Andre Timmermans · Ruurlo, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2000
Grant date	Jul 8, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S606/908
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An interference screw serves for anchoring a flexible transplant like a tendon or a ligament in an opening in a bone. The screw has a screw body, a head at one end of said body and a penetrating end at an opposite end of said head and is provided with an outer threading. The outer threading is formed as a sharp threading adjacent to said penetrating end and is formed as a blunt threading in a following region (FIG. 1).

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