Drill bit and method for preparing a bone for a fixation screw

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9510841
APP PUB NO 20160066928A1
SERIAL NO

14941012

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A method of preparing a bone to receive a fixation screw through a fixation device includes providing a drill bit sized and configured to pass through a bore in a fixation device positioned in the bone and drilling a passage into the bone and through the bore. At least a distal portion of the drill bit passes through the bore in the drilling step. At least an outer portion of the distal portion of the drill bit has a hardness that is less than a hardness of the fixation nail.

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SPINAL GENERATIONS LLC9301 W 191ST STREET MOKENA IL 60448

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Sweeney, Patrick J Flossmoor, US 88 2936

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