Sutureless soft tissue fixation assembly

Details Sutureless soft tissue fixation assembly Sutureless soft tissue fixation assembly

1998-04-16

2000-05-02

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 73, 606 75, 606151, 606232, A61B 1703

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060567511

ABSTRACT:
A soft tissue fixation assembly comprises an anchor element which is installed in a bone or other tissue, and a joiner element which mates with the anchor element to define a tissue capture region between them. A section of soft tissue is held within the tissue capture region, and energy is transmitted into the joiner element to cause relative vibratory motion between the respective components and localized melting of the contacting portions of the respective components to establish a welded joint. The soft tissue segment is thus fixed to the bone without sutures or other fasteners.

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patent: 5413585 (1995-05-01), Pagedas
patent: 5725541 (1998-03-01), Anspach, III et al.

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