Patent ID: 11957389
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for stabilizing bone comprising the steps of:
providing a bone fixation system comprising:
a bone plate having an upper surface and a lower surface configured to be in contact with a bone, the bone plate having a locking hole extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, the entire inner surface of the locking hole being a non-threaded surface, the locking hole including a textured portion on its inner surface, wherein the textured portion comprises a texture that is a non-threaded surface; and
a locking fastener, having a head portion and a shaft portion, configured to be received by the locking hole and configured to be inserted into the bone,
wherein the head portion is threaded, the threading being an uninterrupted threading configured to engage and deform the textured portion of the locking hole to lock the locking fastener to the bone plate, wherein the uninterrupted threading includes dual leads,
wherein the textured portion on the inner surface of the locking hole comprises diamond knurls arranged about a central axis of the locking hole,

positioning the bone plate to be contact with the bone.