- Patent Title: Orthopedic implant with improved variable angle locking mechanism
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Application No.: US17616785Application Date: 2020-06-02
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Publication No.: US12070253B2Publication Date: 2024-08-27
- Inventor: Ramprasad Papannagari , Nicholas S. Ritchey , Nathaniel Kelley Grusin , Rick Graber , Joseph Ferrante
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc. , Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG , Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG,Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG,Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
- Current Assignee Address: ; CH Zug; SG Singapore
- Agency: KDW Firm PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2020/035729 2020.06.02
- International Announcement: WO2020/247381A 2020.12.10
- Date entered country: 2021-12-06
- Main IPC: A61B17/80
- IPC: A61B17/80 ; A61B17/70

Abstract:
An orthopedic implant including an outer surface and at least one opening extending through the outer surface for receiving a fastener for coupling the implant to a patients bone or bone portion/fragment. The opening including a plurality of fins circumferentially disposed about the opening for engaging threads formed on a head portion of the fastener to secure the fastener to the implant. The plurality of fins being arranged and configured in first and second vertically spaced rows of fins. At least one of the fins including a different configuration, property, etc. relative to at least one of the other plurality of fins. In one embodiment, each of the first and second fins in a vertically stacked relationship includes a different configuration from the other of the first and second fins in that stack. In one embodiment, the different configuration includes a different length, a different thickness, or a combination thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220233222A1 ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT WITH IMPROVED VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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