Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1993-01-21
1994-12-20
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 75, 606 77, 606 88, 606222, 606224, 606228, 606230, 606232, A61B 1756, A61B 1706, A61F 232, A61L 1700
Patent
active
053742680
ABSTRACT:
A device for repairing torn tissue or muscle such as the meniscus of the knee. The device consists of a pair of needles detachably secured to a pair of anchoring members having a plurality of barb-like projections extending outwardly therefrom. The anchoring members are joined by a suture which connects the ends of the anchoring members opposite the needles.
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Brown Michael A.
United States Surgical Corporation
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