Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-metal inserts for bone support assembly
- Patent Title (中): 用于骨支撑组件的非金属插入件
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Application No.: US10013306Application Date: 2001-10-19
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Publication No.: US06783529B2Publication Date: 2004-08-31
- Inventor: Anne Hover , Roy Sanders , Donald Martin Sturgeon , Jerry Lower
- Applicant: Anne Hover , Roy Sanders , Donald Martin Sturgeon , Jerry Lower
- Main IPC: A61B1772
- IPC: A61B1772

Abstract:
A bone support structure is formed with opposing dynamization windows, and spacers of a bioresorbable material are positioned within the dynamization windows. The dynamization windows are longer than they are wide. The spacers may be integrally formed as a single insert. The bone support assembly is used with a bone fastener such as a bone screw which is advanced transversely through both the insert and the bone. The bone fastener is smaller across than the dynamization windows, so each spacer spaces the bone fastener relative to its dynamization window. As the spacers resorb, stress (at least in one direction) is increasingly transmitted through the fracture site rather than through the bone support structure. The positioning of the bone fastener, the shape and size of the dynamization windows and spacers, and the material of the spacers all allow design control over the type and amount of dynamization seen at the fracture site. Also, because the bone fastener is smaller across than the dynamization windows and spacers, a larger error in placement of the bone fastener is permissible. The insert can be selected by the surgeon and placed into the bone support structure based upon desired treatment modalities.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020173792A1 Non-metal inserts for bone support assembly Public/Granted day:2002-11-21
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