Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bone fixing apparatus
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Application No.: US14343643Application Date: 2012-09-14
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Publication No.: US09968390B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Markus Kuster
- Applicant: Markus Kuster
- Applicant Address: CH Winterthur
- Assignee: ZIMMER GMBH
- Current Assignee: ZIMMER GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: CH Winterthur
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Priority: EP11007513 20110914
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/068065 WO 20120914
- International Announcement: WO2013/037939 WO 20130321
- Main IPC: A61B17/80
- IPC: A61B17/80 ; A61B17/70

Abstract:
An implantable device is described, comprising an implant (12), wherein the implant comprises at least one opening (22), at least one anchoring element (14) for fixing the implant to at least one bone, wherein the respective anchoring element comprises a shank (20) and a head (18) and wherein at least a part of the shank can be guided through the respective opening while the head can be seated in the respective opening, and a locking mechanism with a fixation element (16) and a radially deformable annular element (26) that can be pressed against the head of the anchoring element by actuation of the fixation element, in order to fix the head in the opening of the implant. The opening of the implant has a recess (28) having a support surface (24) for the head of the anchoring element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140222086A1 IMPLANTABLE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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