Magazine for receiving at least one bone screw and bone plate having such a magazine
First Claim
1. Combination of a bone plate and a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw, comprising:
- a bone plate having at least one screw-in opening;
a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw;
a device for releasably securing said magazine to the bone plate;
a receiving chamber extending continuously from an upper side to an underside of said magazine,a bone screw being arranged in said receiving chamber in such a way that when said magazine is secured to said bone plate, the distal tip of said bone screw is directed at a corresponding one of the at least one screw-in opening in said bone plate, a proximal end of said bone screw being accessible to a screwing-in tool from the upper side of said magazine; and
a fixing device for releasably fixing said bone screw in said receiving chamber, the fixing device comprising at least one elastic latching projection and at least one latching recess cooperating with the at least one elastic latching projection.
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Abstract
To facilitate the insertion of bone screws into a bone plate, a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw is proposed, which comprises a device for releasably securing the magazine to a bone plate, a receiving chamber extending continuously from the upper side to the underside of the magazine, a bone screw being arranged in the receiving chamber in such a way that when the magazine is secured to the bone plate, the distal tip of the bone screw is directed at a screw-in opening in the bone plate, and the proximal end of the bone screw is accessible to a screwing-in tool from the upper side of the magazine, and a fixing device for releasably fixing the bone screw in the receiving chamber. The invention also relates to a bone plate having at least one such magazine releasably secured thereto.
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1. Combination of a bone plate and a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw, comprising:
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a bone plate having at least one screw-in opening; a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw; a device for releasably securing said magazine to the bone plate; a receiving chamber extending continuously from an upper side to an underside of said magazine, a bone screw being arranged in said receiving chamber in such a way that when said magazine is secured to said bone plate, the distal tip of said bone screw is directed at a corresponding one of the at least one screw-in opening in said bone plate, a proximal end of said bone screw being accessible to a screwing-in tool from the upper side of said magazine; and a fixing device for releasably fixing said bone screw in said receiving chamber, the fixing device comprising at least one elastic latching projection and at least one latching recess cooperating with the at least one elastic latching projection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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