Surgery – Instruments – Suture retaining means
Patent
1997-10-30
2000-11-21
Prebilic, Paul B.
Surgery
Instruments
Suture retaining means
606 63, 606 68, 606 72, A61B 1704
Patent
active
061496693
ABSTRACT:
A surgical fastener method for fastening a first bio-organic tissue member to a second bio-organic tissue member comprising a plurality of suture anchors for insertion through respective openings in the first tissue member into respective aligned boreholes in the second tissue member and for securement in the borehole, a suture coupled to each of the plurality of suture anchors and fastening the plurality of suture anchors together, the suture fastening the plurality of suture anchors together being adapted to extend, in use, from a respective suture anchor through the respective opening in the first tissue member and spanning between respective suture anchors across a proximal surface of the first member with a preset tension thereby to secure the first member to the second member.
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Li Medical Technologies Inc.
Prebilic Paul B.
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