Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Soft tissue attachment and repair
- Patent Title (中): 软组织附着和修复
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Application No.: US10278474Application Date: 2002-10-23
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Publication No.: US07887551B2Publication Date: 2011-02-15
- Inventor: Ray Bojarski , George Sikora , Paul Alexander Torrie , Steven Ek
- Applicant: Ray Bojarski , George Sikora , Paul Alexander Torrie , Steven Ek
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04
Abstract:
A surgical assembly includes a fastener, a retainer, and a flexible member. The fastener is configured to be secured within bone tissue. The flexible member connects the fastener to the retainer and is movably attached to the retainer such that pulling on a free end of the flexible member shortens a length of the flexible member between the fastener and the retainer. A method includes positioning a fastener within bone tissue, positioning a retainer against soft tissue to be attached to the bone tissue, and pulling a free end of a flexible member. The fastener and the retainer are connected by the flexible member, the flexible member is movably attached to the retainer, and pulling on the free end of the flexible member shortens a length of the flexible member between the fastener and the retainer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030130694A1 Soft tissue attachment and repair Public/Granted day:2003-07-10
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