Cortical bone screw
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1. A cortical bone screw assembly comprising a threaded shaft and a nut therefor, the nut including a radially resilient body with a normal internal diameter less than the pitch diameter of the shaft thread, and accommodates radial expansion of the body to allow translational movement of the nut along the shaft over the thread thereof;
- and an element formed with an opening within a socket having an internal cross-section corresponding to the lateral boundary of the nut, wherein portions of the body project beyond the lateral boundary of the nut upon radial expansion to pass over the shaft thread in said translational movement, the socket being adapted to receive the nut and thereby confine the body portions to the dimensions of the lateral boundary of the nut and prevent translational movement of the nut over the shaft.
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Abstract
A cortical bone screw assembly which includes a threaded shaft and a nut. The nut includes a radially resilient body with a normal internal diameter less than the pitch diameter of the shaft thread and accommodates radial expansion of the body to allow translational movement of the nut along the shaft over the thread, but precludes translational movement when the radial expansion is prevented
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18 Claims
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1. A cortical bone screw assembly comprising a threaded shaft and a nut therefor, the nut including a radially resilient body with a normal internal diameter less than the pitch diameter of the shaft thread, and accommodates radial expansion of the body to allow translational movement of the nut along the shaft over the thread thereof;
- and an element formed with an opening within a socket having an internal cross-section corresponding to the lateral boundary of the nut, wherein portions of the body project beyond the lateral boundary of the nut upon radial expansion to pass over the shaft thread in said translational movement, the socket being adapted to receive the nut and thereby confine the body portions to the dimensions of the lateral boundary of the nut and prevent translational movement of the nut over the shaft.
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18. A method of securing a plate to a bone surface with a cortical bone screw having a threaded shaft, the plate having an opening therethrough with a stepped cross-section, the method comprising:
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locating the plate on the bone surface with a larger cross-section of the opening remote therefrom;
fitting the screw to a requisite depth in the bone through the opening in the plate;
fitting to an exposed end of the screw a nut including a radially resilient body with a normal internal diameter less than the pitch diameter of the shaft thread, and having an external cross-section enabling rotation thereof within the larger cross-section of the opening in the plate; and
,axially translating the nut along the screw shaft to the opening in the plate and rotating the nut in the larger cross-section thereof to tighten the screw and secure the plate against the bone, and sever the exposed length of screw.
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