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Connection of a bone screw to a bone plate

  • US 6,595,993 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2001
  • Issued: 07/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connection comprising a bone screw for screwing into a bone and a bone plate, the bone screw including a head which lies with a ring-shaped outer surface in contact on a counter-surface of the bone plate and is fixed with a securing screw which is screwed into the bone plate in the direction towards the counter-surface, the bone plate having a passage opening for a shaft of the bone screw, a height of the bone plate in a region of the bone screw being less than or equal to a diameter of the shaft, the screw head dipping into a cut-out of the securing screw, the securing screw terminating at an upper side of the bone plate, the head of the bone screw including a spherical pan with an outer surface and an inner surface having a common center, and the securing screw dipping into the pan with a suitable core.

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