Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2009-12-22
2011-11-22
Brown, Michael A. (Department: 3772)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
C606S300000, C606S301000, C606S304000, C606S305000, C606S310000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08062295
ABSTRACT:
An improved method for attaching soft tissue to bone by passing a suture through an opening in the bone, e.g., a transosseous tunnel, and affixing the soft tissue with the suture. The improvement, for preventing the suture from migrating through the bone at the end of the opening, includes placing a eyelet into an end of the bone opening and passing the suture through the eyelet, as well as through the opening in the bone, in order to affix the soft tissue to the bone with the suture.
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McDevitt Dennis
Nicholson James E.
Brown Michael A.
DePuy Mitek, Inc.
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