Renew compression screw

• US 7,666,212 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Issued: 02/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dror Paley, LLC
• Original Assignee: Kartikeya P. Pathak
• Inventors: Pathak, Kartikeya P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Philogene; Pedro
• Application Number:
  US11/251,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20060069393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• Field of Search: 606/53, 606/54, 606/55, 606/56, 606/57, 606/58, 606/59, 606/60, 606/304, 606/305, 606/318, 606/300, 606/308, 606/314, 606/306, 606/287, 606/292, 606/301
• US Class Current: 606/304
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/60 for external osteosynthesis, e.g. distractors, contractors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8605 Heads, i.e. proximal ends projecting from bone
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8625 Shanks, i.e. parts contacting bone tissue

Abstract

An external fixator implant screw with an intercalated head, of which one embodiment for lag screw mode has a spherical head, and a partial thread. The spherical head in countersunk bone exerts concentric wide contact on insertion at various angles to surface. Optional canalization of central rod allows guide wire technique and optional mobility of head allows variable shaft length between head and thread. Another embodiment for use in basic implant mode, in a single bone fragment, at right angles to bone surface, has a conical head with limited basal contact on bone, the head being integrated to a solid rod and is fully threaded from head to leading tip. In both embodiments, the load transmission is renewable from outside in case of loosening, without reopening any wound. The implant is made of biocompatible material.

Claims

1. A bone screw in lag mode, comprising a short thread at its leading end for engaging only one fragment of a bone, and a smooth shaft beyond the short thread to an integrated totally spherical head, whereby the shaft is slidable without catching, and wherein the head on engagement makes a wide contact at a matching countersink on a bone surface, and at any angle with the bone surface thereby achieving compression at right angles to a fracture plane;

and

an extended smooth shaft beyond the head having a grip at an outer end to apply a known device for turning the bone screw in or out; and

being connectable to an external fixation construct by a clamp, and wherein the outer end enables the gentle removal of the bone screw by spreading soft tissue, and wherein the bone screw is made of a bio-compatible material.

2. The bone screw of claim 1, and further comprising a canal throughout its length, whereby a guide wire may pass from one end of the bone screw to the other end.

3. The bone screw of claim 1, and further comprising a mobile spherical head fixed by means of a transverse screw through the head and one of a plurality of a holes in the outer end of the shaft.

4. The bone screw of claim 2, and further comprising a mobile head fixed by a transverse screw through the spherical head and at least one of a plurality of holes in the outer end of the shaft.