Surgery – Instruments – Suture retaining means
Patent
1994-02-17
1995-11-14
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Suture retaining means
606 60, 606 73, 606104, 606205, A61B 1700
Patent
active
054662435
ABSTRACT:
An arthroscopic method and apparatus for implanting a suture fixation device or other appliance into tissue using a hollow cannulated grasper. Tissue at a repair site is secured with a hollow grasper. Suture material is appended to a suture anchor. The suture anchor or other appliance is attached to a device driver and installed through the hollow grasper into the repair site, where it is drilled into bone.
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Krupp Stefan
Schmieding Reinhold
Arthrex Inc.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Schmidt Jeffrey A.
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