Surgical screw container

US8079468B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Pleil · Bad Dürrheim, DE
• Dieter Weisshaupt
• Markus Nesper · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/865
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In order to improve a surgical screw container comprising a receiving part and a closure part mounted thereon so as to be movable, wherein the receiving part has at least two screw receptacles for accommodating at least two bone screws, wherein the closure part can be brought relative to the receiving part into at least one closure position, in which none of the screw receptacles is accessible for the introduction or removal of a bone screw, such that any loss of screws from the screw container can be practically ruled out it is suggested that the closure part can be brought from the at least one closure position into at least two removal positions, in each of which only a single screw receptacle is accessible for the introduction or removal of a single bone screw.