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Screw nut for plate osteosynthesis

  • US 5,269,784 A
  • Filed: 02/10/1992
  • Issued: 12/14/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly for the internal fixation of bones comprising a bone plate having an upper surface, a lower surface shaped for positioning adjacent a bone to be treated, and a screw hole for accommodating a bone screw, in combination with a nut for fixing a bone screw to said plate, said nut having a central axis, a through hole extending along said axis, a lower section and an upper section, said upper section having a cross section orthogonal to said axis smaller than the cross section of said lower section orthogonal to said axis, thus to form a shoulder at the junction of said upper and lower sections, the upper section of the nut and the plate hole being shaped to coaptly join one another, with said shoulder abutting the lower surface of said plate, at least a part of the through hole of said nut being threaded, to engage a bone screw inserted in the hole in said plate.

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