Apparatus for attaching tissue or suture to bone

Details Apparatus for attaching tissue or suture to bone Apparatus for attaching tissue or suture to bone

1996-04-29

1998-08-11

Jackson, Gary

Surgery

Instruments

Suture retaining means

606 74, 606104, A61B 1704

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057921822

ABSTRACT:
A method for attaching an object to bone that includes the steps of preparing an elongated channel in the bone, inserting a fixation device into the channel such that a first axis of the fixation device is generally parallel to the channel, and rotating the fixation device in a rotation plane that is generally parallel to the surface of the bone such that at least a portion of the fixation device is positioned under bone tissue. Fixation devices used in this method include a suture anchor having an elongated body or a dumbbell-shaped body.

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