Strain-inducing conical screw for stimulating bone transplant growth
Abstract
Abstract The invention involves a differential and/or conical screw of a variable increasing pitch which is used for the initial mechanical stimulation of a healthy bone, in order to induce a new internal strain and the consequential biological reaction of the bone. The biological reaction results in the formation of a new, young superficial bone, and the process takes between 4 and 8 weeks. The new bone is used as an autologous bone transplant. The transplantation of this new bone into other parts of the body, where such a procedure is indicated, is a new method referred to as adaptive periosteal cambiplasty. The process of the implantation of the screws into the bone is controlled with the use of a special moment key, which provides for the induction of a defined and desired stimulation force, and it also provides for the safety of the method.
Inventors
- 👤 Nenad Sesic
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