Surgical device for anchoring in bone, and ancillary for inserti

Details Surgical device for anchoring in bone, and ancillary for inserti Surgical device for anchoring in bone, and ancillary for inserti

1998-03-02

1999-11-23

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

A61B 1756, A61F 1758

Patent

active

059892528

ABSTRACT:
A surgical device suitable for anchorage of a thread or wire to a bone having a hole bored therein. The device includes a thread or wire in the form of a loop having a running knot. The thread or wire carries a deformable tubular sleeve which slides along the thread or wire within the limits of the loop. Also, there is provided an ancillary for inserting the anchoring device. The ancillary includes a shaft suitable for introduction into the hole bored in the bone, which at one end has a spike that can hold the loop of thread or wire, and at the other end has a handle for manipulation.

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F. Alan Barber, MD, Morley A. Herbert, PhD., James N. Click, PA-C; "The Ultimate Strength of Suture Anchors ", Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb.), 1995; pp. 21-28.

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