2.7mm x 18.0mm Cortical Screw


Product Overview

2.7mm x 18.0mm Cortical Screw
ACUMED - 20-0157


Device Description

A small, non-sterile, threaded rod with a slotted head typically used for internal orthopaedic fracture fixation by being screwed into bone to hold plates or nails to bone or to provide direct interfragmentary stabilization of bone, or it may fasten soft tissue to bone; it is made of a material that cannot be chemically degraded or absorbed via natural body processes (includes implant grade metal such as surgical steel, titanium alloy, or carbon fibre). Screws available are: cortical, cancellous, malleolar, scaphoid, partially-threaded and fully-threaded, self-tapping, and cannulated. A "lag screw" can be any of these used to obtain compression. This device must be sterilized prior to use.


Environmental Conditions

No Data Available


Device Sizes

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Device Sterilization

Device Sterile: False

Sterilization Prior To Use: True

Sterilization Methods:

  • Moist Heat or Steam Sterilization
    • Moist Heat or Steam Sterilization


    Product Codes

    Code: HWC

    Device Name: Screw, Fixation, Bone

    Device Class: 2

    Physical State: N/A

    Definition: N/A

    Submission Type ID: 1

    Review Panel: OR

    Review Code: N/A

    Technical Method: N

    Gmp Exempt Flag: N/A

    Life Sustain Support Flag: N

    Unclassified Reason: N/A

    Implant Flag: Y

    Target Area: N/A

    Regulation Number: 888.3040

    Third Party Flag: N

    Medical Specialty: OR


    Device Identifiers

    Device Id: 10806378013201

    Device Type: Primary

    DeviceId Issuing Agency: GS1

    Contains DI Number: N/A

    Package Quantity: N/A

    Package Discontinue Date: N/A

    Package Status: N/A

    Package Type: N/A


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