Patent ID: 6726687
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An open-headed medical implant having:a) a first element adapted to operably be joined to a bone or other implant; b) an implant head secured to said first element and having a pair of upright spaced arms defining a channel therebetween; said arms each having facing interior threaded surfaces; c) a plug for closing said channel between said arms; said plug comprising: i) a body sized and shaped to be received between the arms of said head; said body having a radially outward surface that has a thread thereon that is sized and shaped to threadedly mate with the threaded arms of said head; ii) said body having a top and a bottom; said top of said body having at least one bore therein sized and shaped to receive a tool and extending generally axially at least partially through said body from top to bottom thereof; and wherein: iii) said bore is spaced from and positioned between both a central axis of said body and a periphery of said body.