Patent ID: 6224596
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A set screw for use in a osteosynthesis apparatus; said set screw being sized and shaped to be received in a first element of the apparatus and to be urged against a second element of the apparatus in order to secure the first and second elements together; said set screw comprising:a) a head shaped for engagement by a torque inducing tool;b) a lower portion having a threaded outer surface threaded, sized and shaped to be threadedly received in a threaded bore of the first element;c) a peripheral notch formed in an outer surface of said set screw between said head and said lower threaded portion for inducing shear of said head from said lower portion upon application of sufficient torque on said head relative to said lower portion;d) a bore extending completely through said head and said lower portion of said set screw from an upper surface of said set screw to a lower surface thereof; ande) a penetrating tip on said set screw lower surface for operatively penetrating into the first element.