Arched bridge staple

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1983-06-02

1986-02-18

Mancene, Gene

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128334R, 128337, A61F 504

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045706239

ABSTRACT:
A bone staple for attaching tubular shaped soft tissue to bone, in which the transverse bridge of the staple has teeth on its underside to grip the tissue and is arch shaped so that the center of the bridge is above the bone surface when the staple legs are driven fully into a bone.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4263903 (1981-04-01), Griggs
patent: 4438769 (1984-03-01), Pratt et al.
patent: 4454875 (1984-06-01), Pratt et al.
From Bickham's "Operative Surgery" 1924, pp. 368, 369.
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery "Boat-Nail Fixation of Tendons & Ligaments to Cancellous Bone" Augustine et al., Oct. 1956, vol. 38A, No. 5, pp. 1156-1158.
Richards Mfg. Co., Memphis Tenn. Orthopedic Catalog 1975, p. 72, M. Stone Table Staples.

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