Patent Grant
11369423
This application is a national stage application of PCT/CN2019/082922, filed on Apr. 16, 2019. The PCT application, claims priority to and the benefit of, Chinese Patent Application No. 201820664990.2, filed on May 4, 2018, entitled “Medical Screw Based on Organism Osteogenesis Function.” Both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of medical devices, and in particular to a medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function.
The word “fracture” has been associated with us since recorded human history. The human bone has the function of “osteoclastogenesis-osteogenesis”, and the fracture has a self-healing tendency. The process of natural healing of the fracture can be roughly divided into a hematoma organization stage (two weeks), a callus formation stage (one to two months), and a bone remodeling stage (two months to two years). Nowadays, the “open reduction and internal fixation operation” with the aid of an internal fixation material has been widely used in the fields of trauma orthopedics (comminuted or open or other severe fractures), spinal surgery (spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, tuberculosis, tumors, severe degenerative diseases, etc.), joint surgery (joint replacement, etc.), cranio-maxillofacial surgery (denture implantation, etc.), and veterinarians, among others. It effectively maintains the stability of the fractured bone and causes the fracture healing process to safely pass through the “callus formation stage” into the “bone remodeling stage”, and can significantly reduce complications such as fracture nonunion and denture instability. In addition, the internal fixation material has completed its function upon the fractured bone has passed through the “callus formation stage”, and it is generally necessary to remove the internal fixation material at a later stage to prevent hindrance of further remodeling of the fractured bone at the later stage due to its “stress shielding” effect.
As the internal fixation materials have been widely used in the medical fields, some patients still have some problems after the internal fixation operation, the most important of which is the loosening of the internal fixation materials (screws).
Information disclosed in the Background Art section is only intended to facilitate understanding of the overall background art of the present disclosure and the working mechanism of the present disclosure, and shall not be deemed as admitting or implying in any form that the information constitutes the prior art well known to those skilled in the art.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function, which can be used in the medical fields such as orthopedics (spine, four limbs, pelvis, joints, etc.), maxillofacial surgery, odontology, and veterinarians, and which can be effectively prevented from postoperative loosening after being implanted.
To achieve the above-mentioned object, the following technical solutions are proposed in the present disclosure.
The present disclosure provides a medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function, comprising: a screw head and a screw rod connected to the screw head,
wherein the screw rod comprises a main rod and a thread spirally wound around the main rod; and a cross section of the main rod is in a non-circular shape.
Optionally, the cross section of the main rod is in a shape of fat triangle or quadrangle or pentagon or hexagon or ellipse.
Optionally, when the cross section of the main rod is in a shape of ellipse, a ratio between major and minor semi-axes of the ellipse is smaller than √{square root over (2)}, and a cross-sectional area of an outer circle of the thread is 1.49 to 3.61 times as large as a cross-sectional area of the main rod.
Optionally, when the cross section of the main rod is in a shape of fat triangle, a cross-sectional area of an outer circle of the thread is 1.49 to 3.61 times as large as a cross-sectional area of the main rod.
Optionally, the cross section of the main rod is in a shape of square, and a cross-sectional area of an outer circle of the thread is 1.59 to 3.61 times as large as a cross-sectional area of the main rod.
Optionally, the cross section of the main rod is in a shape of regular pentagon, and a cross-sectional area of an outer circle of the thread is 1.44 to 3.61 times as large as a cross-sectional area of the main rod.
Optionally, the cross section of the main rod is in a shape of regular hexagon, and a cross-sectional area of an outer circle of the thread is 1.49 to 3.61 times as large as a cross-sectional area of the main rod.
Optionally, a ratio between a radius of an outer circle of the thread and a radius of a circumscribed circle of the main rod is 1.2 to 1.9.
Optionally, a ratio between an outer diameter and a pitch of the thread is 1.5 to 5.5.
Optionally, the screw rod, at its end facing away from the screw head, is provided with a tapping groove.
Optionally, a cavity structure is provided inside the main rod; and alternatively, the main rod is solid inside.
Optionally, the screw head is in a circular shape, and a hexagonal groove or a cross groove or a slotted groove or a Torx groove or a Pozidriv groove is provided on the screw head;
alternatively, the screw head is in a dovetail shape.
Optionally, the circular screw head is provided with a locking thread.
Optionally, the dovetail-shaped screw head is a universal-type screw head.
The medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function according to the present disclosure has the following advantageous effects:
The present disclosure provides a medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function, comprising: a screw head and a screw rod connected to the screw head; wherein the screw rod comprises a main rod and a thread spirally wound around the main rod; and a cross section of the main rod is in a non-circular shape.
When the medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function according to the present disclosure is used clinically, a bone tunnel is formed after the screw is implanted by tapping, and the thread cuts into the side wall of the bone tunnel to get a grip thereon; there is a gap between the main diameter of the screw and the bone tunnel, and the gap is filled with “bone residues” formed after tapping. Since the bone of a living body has an osteogenic function, the “bone residues” will form osseous callus and even normal new bone tissue like “hardening concrete” after the “callus formation stage” within about one to two months after the operation, to construct a hard non-cylindrical bone tunnel and adhere closely around the main diameter of the screw, such that the side surface of the main rod of the screw is significantly restrained and a relatively strong side thrust resistance is generated when the screw is untightened. This side thrust resistance is much greater than a friction between the surface of a traditional screw and the bone tunnel and has the effect of getting the screw stuck, therefore the loosening rate and the pullout rate can be significantly reduced, and a significant anti-loosening effect can be achieved. In addition, if it is necessary to remove the anti-loosening screw in the later stage of bone healing, the screw may be removed smoothly by only increasing the screw untightening torque.
The medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function according to the present disclosure is applicable to the medical fields such as orthopedics (spine, four limbs, pelvis, joints, etc.), maxillofacial surgery, odontology, and veterinarians, and can be effectively prevented from postoperative loosening after being implanted.
In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions of specific embodiments of the present disclosure or of the prior art, drawings required for use in the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art will be described briefly below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are merely illustrative of some embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without any inventive effort.
1—screw head; 2—screw rod; 21—main rod; 22—thread.
The technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described below clearly and completely with reference to the drawings. It is apparent that the embodiments to be described are some, but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All the other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the embodiments of the present disclosure without inventive efforts will fall within the scope of the present disclosure as claimed.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that orientation or positional relationships indicated by the terms such as “center”, “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inside”, and “outside” are the orientation or positional relationships shown based on the drawings, and these terms are intended only to facilitate the description of the present disclosure and simplify the description, but not intended to indicate or imply that the referred devices or elements must be in a particular orientation or constructed or operated in the particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure. In addition, the terms “first”, “second”, and “third” are used for descriptive purposes only, and should not be understood as an indication or implication of relative importance.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that the terms “mount”, “couple”, and “connect” should be understood broadly unless otherwise expressly specified or defined. For example, connection may be fixed connection or detachable connection or integral connection, may be mechanical connection or electric connection, or may be direct coupling or indirect coupling via an intermediate medium or internal communication between two elements. The specific meanings of the above-mentioned terms in the present disclosure can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.
The specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only intended to illustrate and explain the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.
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An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function, comprising: a screw head 1 and a screw rod 2 connected to the screw head 1;
wherein the screw rod 2 comprises a main rod 21 and a thread 22 spirally wound around the main rod 21; and a cross section of the main rod 21 is in a non-circular shape.
When the medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is used clinically, a bone tunnel is formed after the screw is implanted by tapping, and the thread 22 cuts into the side wall of the bone tunnel to get a grip thereon; there is a gap between the main diameter of the screw and the bone tunnel, and the gap is filled with “bone residues” formed after tapping. Since the bone of a living body has an osteogenic function, the “bone residues” will form osseous callus and even normal new bone tissue like “hardening concrete” after the “callus formation stage” within about one to two months after the operation, to construct a hard non-cylindrical bone tunnel and adhere closely around the main diameter of the screw, such that the side surface of the main rod 21 of the screw is significantly restrained and a relatively strong side thrust resistance is generated when the screw is untightened. This side thrust resistance is much greater than a friction between the surface of a traditional screw and the bone tunnel and has the effect of getting the screw stuck, therefore the loosening rate and the pullout rate can be significantly reduced, and a significant anti-loosening effect can be achieved. In addition, if it is necessary to remove the anti-loosening screw in the later stage of bone healing, the screw may be removed smoothly by only increasing the screw untightening torque.
The medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is applicable to the medical fields such as orthopedics (spine, four limbs, pelvis, joints, etc.), maxillofacial surgery, odontology, and veterinarians, and can be effectively prevented from postoperative loosening after being implanted as compared with traditional medical anti-loosening screws.
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the main rod 21 has a cross section in a shape of fat triangle or quadrangle or pentagon or hexagon or ellipse.
In at least one embodiment, as shown in
It should be noted that the radius R2 of the main rod 21 of the traditional screw is set to be 1 (the radius R1 of the thread 22 is 1.5). Different cross-sectional shapes of the main rod 21 will be described in detail below.
When the main rod 21 has a cross section in a shape of ellipse, a ratio between major and minor semi-axes of the ellipse is smaller than √{square root over (2)}, and the cross-sectional area of an outer circle of the thread 22 is 1.49 to 3.61 times, for example, but not limited to, 1.49, 1.69, 1.96, 2.25, 2.56, 2.89, 3.24, or 3.61 times, as large as the cross-sectional area of the main rod 21. As shown in
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, when the main rod 21 has a cross section in a shape of fat triangle, the cross-sectional area of the outer circle of the thread 22 is 1.49 to 3.61 times, for example, but not limited to, 1.49, 1.69, 1.96, 2.25, 2.56, 2.89, 3.24, or 3.61 times, as large as the cross-sectional area of the main rod 21. As shown in
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the main rod 21 has a cross section in a shape of square, and the cross-sectional area of the outer circle of the thread 22 is 1.59 to 3.61 times, for example, but not limited to, 1.59, 1.69, 1.96, 2.25, 2.56, 2.89, 3.24, or 3.61 times, as large as the cross-sectional area of the main rod 21. As shown in FIG. 4, an imaginary concentric circle ⊙3 with a radius of R3 is drawn on the cross section, where R1>R3>R2=1; A, B, C, and D are the quarter points in the ⊙3, then □ABCD is a square and is defined as the boundary of the main rod 21 of the quadrangular screw, and auxiliary lines are drawn as shown in
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the main rod 21 has a cross section in a shape of regular pentagon, and the cross-sectional area of the outer circle of the thread 22 is 1.44 to 3.61 times, for example, but not limited to 1.44, 1.69, 1.96, 2.25, 2.56, 2.89, 3.24 or 3.61 times, as large as the cross-sectional area of the main rod 21. As shown in
Area Spentagon ABCDE=1.720×c×c;
Radius R3 of the circumscribed circle=a=0.851×c;
Radius b of the inscribed circle=0.688×c;
Height AG=1.539×c;
Diagonal Line AD=1.618×c=1.902×a.
And R1>R3>R2=1; it is satisfied that S⊙2=Spentagon ABCDE, S⊙2=π×R2×R2=Spentagon ABCDE=1.720×c×c.
It is calculated that the radius a of the circumscribed circle=0.851×c=1.15; the side length c=1.35;
the minimum diameter, i.e., the “height” AG=1.539×c=2.08;
the maximum diameter, i.e., the “diagonal line” AD=1.618×c=2.19; and
the radius R1 of the outer circle of the thread 22 is in the range of (1.2 to 1.9), and for example, R1 may be, but is not limited to, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, or 1.9. The cross-sectional area of the outer circle of the thread 22 is 1.44 to 3.61 times as large as the cross-sectional area of the main rod 21.
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the main rod 21 has a cross section in a shape of regular hexagon, and the cross-sectional area of the outer circle of the thread 22 is 1.49 to 3.61 times, for example, but not limited to, 1.49, 1.69, 1.96, 2.25, 2.56, 2.89, 3.24, or 3.61 times, as large as the cross-sectional area of the main rod 21. As shown in
It is calculated that the side length and the radius of the circumscribed circle satisfy AB=a=R3=1.10; the minimum diameter, i.e., the “height” GH=√{square root over (3)}a=1.91; the maximum diameter, i.e., the “diagonal line” AD=2a=2.20; the radius R1 of the outer circle of the thread 22 is in the range of (1.2 to 1.9), and for example, R1 may be, but is not limited to, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, or 1.9. The cross-sectional area of the outer circle of the thread 22 is 1.49 to 3.61 times as large as the cross-sectional area of the main rod 21.
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the main rod 21 may have a cross section in a shape of non-circular shape other than fat triangle, square, regular pentagon, regular hexagon, or ellipse described above, and the ratio between the radius of the outer circle of the thread 22 and the radius of the circumscribed circle of the main rod 21 is 1.2 to 1.9, and may be for example, but not limited to, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, or 1.9.
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the ratio between the outer diameter and the pitch of the threads 22 is 1.5 to 5.5, and may be for example, but not limited to, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, or 5.5. A “tangent value” of an angle α between the thread 22 and the axis of the main rod 21 “multiplied by 2” (i.e., “the ratio of the outer diameter to the pitch” or “the number of complete threads 22 within a distance of an outer diameter”) may be used as an index for the relative density and the gripping (or holding) force of the threads 22, the ratio is in the range of 1.5 to 5.5, and this ratio may be as low as 1 for a screw with double threads 22. When the ratio is larger, the angle α is larger, the threads 22 are more approximately perpendicular to the axis of the main rod 21 and are distributed at a higher density, and the screw has a greater pullout resistance.
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the screw rod 2, at its end facing away from the screw head 1, is provided with a tapping groove. In at least one embodiment, the tip of the screw may be additionally designed as a self-tapping screw with a tapping groove.
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, a cavity structure is formed inside the main rod 21;
alternatively, the main rod 21 is solid inside.
In an optional solution of this embodiment, more optionally, the screw head 1 is in a circular shape with or without a locking thread, and a hexagonal groove or a cross (or Phillips) groove or a slotted groove or a Torx groove or a Pozidriv groove is formed on the screw head 1;
alternatively, the screw head 1 is a universal-type screw head that is freely turnable, and the screw head is in a dovetail shape.
It should be noted that the screw head 1 may be designed in a circular shape with an internal hexagonal groove, a circular shape with a cross (or Phillips) groove, a circular shape with a slotted groove, a circular shape with an internal Torx groove, or a circular shape with a Pozidriv groove (trauma orthopedics, joint surgery, or cranio-maxillofacial surgery), or designed as a dovetail-shaped universal or fixed, or long dovetail-shaped pulling screw head 1 (spine surgery), or the like, according to the professional differences in its application fields.
Although the medical anti-loosening screw based on an organism osteogenesis function according to the present disclosure has been described above, the present disclosure is not limited to the above specific embodiments, and various variations or changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims. The present disclosure includes various variations and changes made within the scope of the claims.
Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are merely intended to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, but not intended to limit the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the technical solutions disclosed in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features thereof may be replaced with equivalents; and these modifications or replacements will not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
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