SELF-LOCKING RESORBABLE SCREWS AND PLATES FOR INTERNAL FIXATION OF BONE FRACTURES AND TENDON-TO-BONE ATTACHMENT

摘要

An absorbable bone screw and plate system with self-locking properties and with the absorbable bone screw comprising a threaded shaft portion for insertion into bone and a head portion for rigid connection in the screw hole of a bone plate, the diameter of said head portion increasing in the direction opposite to the shaft portion, and the outer surface of said head portion being provided with a three-dimensional structure in the form of corrugations.