US 12,251,316 B2
Small bone angled compression screw
Lloyd P. Champagne, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Jozef Zoldos, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to ExsoMed Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by ExsoMed Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,542.
Application 17/449,542 is a continuation of application No. 16/122,264, filed on Sep. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,147,681.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/554,130, filed on Sep. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117747 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4241 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7225 (2013.01); A61B 17/7291 (2013.01); A61B 17/8615 (2013.01); A61B 17/8635 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30156 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30205 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30224 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30322 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4243 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A screw for fixation of bone, the screw comprising:
a leading portion having a first longitudinal axis, the leading portion comprising a tapered cutting tip and a thread extending along the first longitudinal axis from a free end of the tapered cutting tip to an opposite end of the leading portion;
a lag portion extending distally from the leading portion and having a second longitudinal axis, the lag portion including a bend from the leading portion, wherein at least the bend is nonthreaded; and
a threaded head member extending distally from the lag portion, wherein the threaded head member is conical with a larger diameter at a free end tapering to a smaller diameter at an opposite end that connects to the lag portion, the threaded head member further including a torque driving recess
wherein the lag portion and the leading portion are non-cannulated.