Stryker Trauma SA - 15 - IA-114 067 Abstract BONE FIXATION SYSTEM WITH CURVED PROFILE THREADS A bone fastener for use in orthopaedic surgery for fixing an implant to bone has a threaded or unthreaded shaft configured to engage bone and a head having a thread on an outer surface to engage the implant, The thread on the head of the fastener has a profile in cross section that includes peaks with a curved shape. (Fig. 1) Stryker Trauma SA 1 / 7 '0 0 N C ) e 00 ET --- 00
