Magazine for receiving at least one bone screw and bone plate having such a magazine

US8414594B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Jens Berger · Berlin, DE
• Joerg Schumacher · Teltow, DE
• Ralph Linke · Steißlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/8605
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

To facilitate the insertion of bone screws into a bone plate, a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw is proposed, which comprises a device for releasably securing the magazine to a bone plate, a receiving chamber extending continuously from the upper side to the underside of the magazine, a bone screw being arranged in the receiving chamber in such a way that when the magazine is secured to the bone plate, the distal tip of the bone screw is directed at a screw-in opening in the bone plate, and the proximal end of the bone screw is accessible to a screwing-in tool from the upper side of the magazine, and a fixing device for releasably fixing the bone screw in the receiving chamber. The invention also relates to a bone plate having at least one such magazine releasably secured thereto.