Patent ID: 6056750
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A61B,A61F,F16B

Abstract:
An osteosynthetical fixing element, for the fixing of a bone implant, comprising an accommodating body made from a bioresorbable material which is adapted to be introduced into a bone bore-hole and an expanding body, where, as a result of the driving-in of the expanding body into a longitudinally directed opening having a continuous wall, the accommodating body is radially expandable by a wedge effect, wherein the accommodating body, sub-divided in the longitudinal direction, comprises at least two sub-elements which form a shaft with a cavity and are separate from one another or are connected to one another so as to be moveable in such a manner that as a result of the driving-in of the expanding body into the cavity, the accommodating body is uniformly radially expandable, substantially over its entire length, as a result of the mutual wedge effect of the accommodating body and expanding body.