Patent ID: 6960213
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A filament retaining washer for mounting about the shank of a bone screw deployed in a bone whereby to retain the filament to the bone, said filament retaining washer comprising: a structure having a screw hole extending therethrough for receiving therein the shank of the bone screw deployed in the bone, whereby to secure said structure to said bone, said screw hole defining a first axis, and said structure having a filament hole extending therethrough for receiving a filament therein so as to retain said filament to said structure, said filament hole defining a second axis extending substantially perpendicular to said first axis, with said second axis being aligned with a bone screw extending through the screw hole, said structure having a top surface and a bottom surface, a portion of said bottom surface of said structure having a downwardly extending projection adapted to engage a top surface of a bone plate, and a downwardly extending projection adapted to seat in a recess formed in the top surface of the bone plate.