Patent ID: 7160303
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A medical implant with a secured bone screw for implantation in and engagement with a bone, comprising: an implant body having a threaded bore formed therethrough, the threaded bore having a free inside diameter between corresponding thread tips; a bone screw having threads formed thereon configured to engage with the bone and hold the implant in engagement with the bone when the implant is implanted and having a head, the bone screw being configured to be guided through the bore; and an arrangement provided for the bone screw for preventing backward turning of the bone screw within the implant and turning of the bone screw out of the implant after the implant is in engagement with the bone, wherein the bone screw has a threaded portion having threads that match the threaded bore and an unthreaded portion between the head and the threaded portion having an outer diameter that is not greater than the free inside diameter of the threaded bore; wherein the bone screw has a length such that when the bone screw is fully screwed into the implant body, its tip projects beyond a surface of the implant body opposite a surface of the implant body into which the bone screw enters the threaded bore; and wherein the unthreaded portion of the bone screw is at least as long as the threaded bore.