Spinal facet compression screw with variable pitch thread zones and buttress head

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8992587
APP PUB NO 20120022603A1
SERIAL NO

13184862

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A surgical implant comprising a screw element having a screw head, a first thread having a first thread pitch, a second thread having a second thread pitch and an intermediate portion coupling the first and second thread pitches with the first and second thread pitches being different. The implant has a buttressing head associated with the first thread, and it is dimensioned to be larger than a diameter of the first threads to provide external buttressing as the first and second threads compress a first bone and a second bone together.

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X-SPINE SYSTEMS INC452 ALEXANDERSVILLE RD MIAMISBURG OH 45342-3658

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Kirschman, David Louis Dayton, US 108 3153

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