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Bone screw with improved threads
Assignee: YOUNGWOOD MEDICAL SPECIALTIES Inc
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Filing: 1990-11-27
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Granted: 1992-06-09
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Expires: 2010-11-27
Abstract
Abstract A bone screw having a helical thread that gradually increases in thickness from the tip to the head of the screw. The thin thread at the tip of the screw can be inserted into a bone with minimal tearing or cracking of the bone. The thicker treads ascending form the tip to the head of the screw displaces bone against the superior (top) thread surfaces. This displacement of bone increases the screw's resistance to being pulled-out of the bone. The thicker core just below the screw head increases the screw's ability to withstand compressive and distractive loads. The core is thickest just below the head because it is at that point on the screw that the fulcrum loads are greatest.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeffrey Lasner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 00:29
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B35/00; F16B35/04; A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/68; A61B17/84; A61B17/86; A61B17/8625; A61B17/863
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
A fastener comprising a core having a tip and a head, and a thread attached to and curling around said core, the cross-sectional thickness of said thread gradually increasing from the tip to the head of said core, the angle between the inferior surface of said thread and said core gradually decreasing from the tip to the head of said core and the volume of the gap between adjacent thread sections on said core decreasing from the tip to the head of said core.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
A fastener comprising a core having a tip and a head, and a thread attached to and curling around said core, the cross-sectional thickness of said thread gradually increasing from the tip to the head of said core, the angle between the inferior surface of said thread and said core gradually decreasing from the tip to the head of said core and the volume of the gap between adjacent thread sections on said core decreasing from the tip to the head of said core.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A fastener as in claim 1 wherein said core is a cylindrical shaft and said thread is at least one helix that curls around said shaft.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A fastener as in claim 1 wherein said thread gradually increases in thickness by varying the orientation of an inferior surface on said thread.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A fastener as in claim 1 wherein said cross-sectional thickness of said tread has an inferior side gradually increasing in thickness from the tip to the head of said core.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
95 words
A screw comprising: a core having a tip at one end and a head at the other end, and a thread helix attached to said core and curling around the axis of said core, the cross-sectional thickness of said thread increasing in the direction from the tip to the head of said screw, the gap between adjacent thread sections on said core decreasing in the direction from the tip to the head of the screw, and said thread having an inferior surface, the orientation of said inferior surface changing along the length of said core.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
95 words
A screw comprising: a core having a tip at one end and a head at the other end, and a thread helix attached to said core and curling around the axis of said core, the cross-sectional thickness of said thread increasing in the direction from the tip to the head of said screw, the gap between adjacent thread sections on said core decreasing in the direction from the tip to the head of the screw, and said thread having an inferior surface, the orientation of said inferior surface changing along the length of said core.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
A screw as in claim 5 wherein said thread having inferior and superior surfaces, the orientation of said inferior surface changing so as to increase the thickness of said thread.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A screw as in claim 6 wherein said superior surface has a substantially constant orientation along the length of said core.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A screw as in claim 6 or 7 wherein said inferior surface forms an angle with respect to the normal to the screw axis and said angle gradually increases along the direction from the tip to the head of the screw.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
81 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a screw thread having a substantially constant outer diameter, the cross-sectional area of said thread gradually increasing as said thread advances along said core in a first direction, the gap between adjacent sections of said thread narrowing as said thread advances along said core in said first direction, and said thread having an inferior surface forming an angle to said core that decreases as said thread advances along said core in said first direction.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
81 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a screw thread having a substantially constant outer diameter, the cross-sectional area of said thread gradually increasing as said thread advances along said core in a first direction, the gap between adjacent sections of said thread narrowing as said thread advances along said core in said first direction, and said thread having an inferior surface forming an angle to said core that decreases as said thread advances along said core in said first direction.
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