Patent ID: 6117173
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An orthopaedic fixing system comprising:at least one implant part which has at least one through-opening,at least one pin-shaped fixing element having a head comprising a widened portion in the form of a head-shaped thickening which is resiliently compressible for insertion into a corresponding through-opening, the through-opening having a widened portion which receives the resiliently compressible head-shaped thickening of the fixing element, the widened portion of the through-opening having an outside diameter which is slightly smaller than the head-shaped thickening when the head-shaped thickening is in a non-compressed state, and the widened portion of the through-opening having undercuts, into which the head-shaped thickening engages resiliently after insertion into the widened portion,a blind hole extending into the head-shaped thickening of the fixing element, anda core which is insertable so as to fill the blind hole wherein the core is so dimensioned that, in its position after insertion into the blind hole, it locks the head-shaped thickening without expanding said head-shaped thickening.