Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1994-02-24
1996-06-04
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 77, 606 79, A61B 1756, A61B 1700
Patent
active
055228178
ABSTRACT:
A self-inserting absorbable orthopedic fixation device having a bioabsorbable fastening body portion for fastening body tissue, and having bone penetrating elements such as hard, pointed tips for penetrating bone or hard tissue fixed thereto. The pointed tips may be fabricated from metals or ceramics. The fixation device may be in the form of staples, pins, screws, and the like.
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Sander Thomas W.
White Jeffrey S.
Brown Michael A.
United States Surgical Corporation
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