EXPANDABLE ATTACHMENT DEVICE

EXPANDABLE ATTACHMENT DEVICE

An attachment device with a radially expandable section (24) is disclosed. The attachment device can have helical threads (66), for example, to facilitate screwing the attachment device into a bone. Methods of using the same are also described. The attachment device can be positioned to radially exp...

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Hauptverfasser: KIEFER, Robert, A, GREENHALGH, E., Skott, IGOE, Michael, P, ROMANO, John- Paul, TREXLER, Wade, Kevin
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
DENTISTRY
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:An attachment device with a radially expandable section (24) is disclosed. The attachment device can have helical threads (66), for example, to facilitate screwing the attachment device into a bone. Methods of using the same are also described. The attachment device can be positioned to radially expand the expandable section in cancellous bone substantially surrounded by cortical bone.