#$%^&*AU2011200981B220160526.pdf#####Stryker Trauma SA - 15 - IA-114 067 Abstract BONE FIXATION SYSTEM WITH CURVED PROFILE THREADS 5 A bone fastener for use in orthopaedic surgery for fixing an implant to bone has a threaded or unthreaded shaft configured to engage bone and a head having a thread on an outer surface to engage the implant, The thread on the head of the fastener has a profile in cross section that includes peaks with a curved shape. 10 (Fig. 1)Stryker Trauma SA 1 / 7 0 0 NN CC N NN N C ) e 00 ET 0 00 --- 00