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Surgical implant

  • US 4,590,928 A
  • Filed: 09/22/1981
  • Issued: 05/27/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical implant comprising a stud and pin, said stud having an elongated tubular cylindrical body and an outwardly facing outer cylindrical surface, said body being smooth in both the longitudinal and the circumferential direction and having at one end thereof an enlarged head and an opposite end having means for enabling said body to undergo radially outward expansion;

  • a longitudinal passage formed in said body connecting each of said ends wherein said passage is smooth and continuous;

    said pin being elongated and having a smooth outer surface such that the pin is slidable into said passage from said end having the head thereby to cooperate with said means for enabling said body to expand radially outwardly, to expand said body;

    said head being concavely radiused and said stud and said pin being of biocompatible materials, said body containing carbon fibres wherein said fibres are oriented longitudinally relative to the longitudinal axis of said stud.

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