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Bone screw with improved threads
Assignee: Stuart Surgical
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Filing: 1992-05-21
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Granted: 1993-07-13
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Expires: 2012-05-21
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 from 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
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:20
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/68; A61B17/84; A61B17/86; A61B17/8625; A61B17/863
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a screw thread with inferior and superior surfaces, said core shaft gradually increasing in diameter from the tip to the head of the screw, said core shaft gradually compressing malleable matter between adjacent sections of said thread, and said screw thread having a substantially constant outside diameter; and a gap between adjacent sections of said screw thread, said gap decreasing gradually in volume from the tip to the head of said screw.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
79 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a screw thread with inferior and superior surfaces, said core shaft gradually increasing in diameter from the tip to the head of the screw, said core shaft gradually compressing malleable matter between adjacent sections of said thread, and said screw thread having a substantially constant outside diameter; and a gap between adjacent sections of said screw thread, said gap decreasing gradually in volume from the tip to the head of said screw.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A screw as in claim 1 further comprising means for gradually deflecting malleable matter including an inferior thread surface having a shape that gradually deflects adjacent matter downward against the superior thread surface as the screw is inserted in the matter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A screw as in claim 1 wherein said screw is a bone screw and said malleable matter is bone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a screw thread with inferior and superior surfaces, said screw thread having compression means for gradually compressing malleable matter between the inferior and superior surfaces of adjacent thread sections, said compression means including a gap between inferior and superior surfaces of adjacent thread sections, said gap decreasing from the tip to the head of said screw.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a screw thread with inferior and superior surfaces, said screw thread having compression means for gradually compressing malleable matter between the inferior and superior surfaces of adjacent thread sections, said compression means including a gap between inferior and superior surfaces of adjacent thread sections, said gap decreasing from the tip to the head of said screw.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A screw as in claim 4 wherein said screw is a bone screw and said malleable matter is bone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
71 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a diameter gradually increasing from the tip to the head of said screw, and at least one helical screw thread around said core shaft having a substantially constant outside diameter, wherein said at least one screw thread includes an inferior surface having a shape that gradually deflects adjacent malleable matter downward against the superior thread surface as the screw is inserted in malleable matter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
71 words
A screw comprising a core shaft having a diameter gradually increasing from the tip to the head of said screw, and at least one helical screw thread around said core shaft having a substantially constant outside diameter, wherein said at least one screw thread includes an inferior surface having a shape that gradually deflects adjacent malleable matter downward against the superior thread surface as the screw is inserted in malleable matter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
A screw as in claim 6 wherein said screw is a bone screw.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
135 words
A method of fastening a screw in a malleable material, wherein said screw has a threaded core, the diameter of the core gradually increases from the tip to the head of the screw and the outside diameter of the screw thread remains substantially constant along the length of the screw, and the screw thread having a cross-sectional thickness that increases from the tip to the head of the screw and thereby decreases the gap between adjacent thread sections, wherein said method comprises: a) rotating the screw into the malleable material so that the threads cut into the material, b) displacing malleable material between adjacent thread sections with the threads as the screw moves deeper into the material, and c) compressing the malleable material between adjacent thread sections as the gap between adjacent thread sections decreases.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
135 words
A method of fastening a screw in a malleable material, wherein said screw has a threaded core, the diameter of the core gradually increases from the tip to the head of the screw and the outside diameter of the screw thread remains substantially constant along the length of the screw, and the screw thread having a cross-sectional thickness that increases from the tip to the head of the screw and thereby decreases the gap between adjacent thread sections, wherein said method comprises: a) rotating the screw into the malleable material so that the threads cut into the material, b) displacing malleable material between adjacent thread sections with the threads as the screw moves deeper into the material, and c) compressing the malleable material between adjacent thread sections as the gap between adjacent thread sections decreases.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method as in claim 8 wherein the malleable material is bone.
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