Bone screw, method for manufacturing the bone screw, and tool for mounting and removing the bone screw
A bone screw includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a shaft portion. The shaft portion is fixedly joined to the front portion and the rear portion, so as to form an integral bone screw. The Young's modulus of the shaft portion is smaller than that of the front portion and that of the rear portion.
1. A bone screw, comprising:
a front portion and a rear portion; and
a shaft portion, fixedly joined to said front portion and said rear portion, so as to form an integral bone screw, wherein the Young's Modulus of the shaft portion is smaller than that of the front portion and that of the rear portion;
wherein said front portion, said shaft portion and said rear portion being all hollow inside and in communication with each other, said rear portion comprising a polygonal hole located at a central line of said rear portion, whereby a hollow screw driver is adapted to be inserted into the polygonal hole, and a guide needle is adapted to pass through a through hole of the hollow screw driver and the polygonal hole; and
the shaft portion is made of a polymer material, and the front portion and the rear portion are made of a biomedical metal material.
2. The bone screw according to claim 1 , wherein the front portion comprises a first thread, the rear portion comprises a second thread, the shaft portion comprises a first and a second screw hole, and the first and the second thread are screwed into the first and the second screw hole respectively.
3. The bone screw according to claim 1 , wherein the front portion comprises a first groove, the rear portion comprises a second groove, the shaft portion comprises a first and a second protrusion, and the first and the second protrusion are snapped into the first and the second groove respectively.
4. The bone screw according to claim 1 , wherein the front portion comprises a first wrapped portion, the rear portion comprises a second wrapped portion, the shaft portion comprises a first and a second wrapping portion, and the first and the second wrapping portion are used to wrap the first and the second wrapped portion respectively.
5. The bone screw according to claim 1 , wherein the front portion comprises a first plug, the rear portion comprises a second plug, the shaft portion comprises a first and a second socket, and the first and the second plug are inserted into the first and the second socket respectively.
6. The bone screw according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer material is poly ether ether kefone (PEEK) or polyethylene (PE), and the biomedical metal material is titanium, a titanium alloy, vitallium, or stainless steel.
7. The bone screw according to claim 1 , wherein the front portion is configured to be fixed into a first bone, and the rear portion is configured to be fixed into a second bone.
8. A method for manufacturing a bone screw, comprising the following steps of:
providing a front portion, a shaft portion, and a rear portion, wherein the Young's Modulus of the shaft portion is smaller than that of the front portion and that of the rear portion; and
fixedly joining the front portion and the rear portion to the shaft portion in a screwing manner, a snapping manner, an injection molding manner, or an adhering manner, so as to form an integral bone screw;
wherein said front portion, said shaft portion and said rear portion being all hollow inside and in communication with each other, said rear portion comprising a polygonal hole located at a central line of said rear portion, whereby a hollow screw driver is adapted to be inserted into the polygonal hole, and a guide needle is adapted to pass through a through hole of the hollow screw driver and the polygonal hole; and
the shaft portion is made of a polymer material, and the front portion and the rear portion are made of a biomedical metal material.