Surgical fixation apparatus

Details Surgical fixation apparatus Surgical fixation apparatus

Filed on

1997-05-06

Date issued

1998-07-28

Examiner

Buiz, Michael

Patent Class

Surgery

SubClass

Instruments

SubSubClass

Orthopedic instrumentation

Other Related Categories

606 68, 606 75, 606 78, 606151, 606 70, 606 72, 606 73, 606101, A61B 1758

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

057857130

Description

ABSTRACT:
A fixation apparatus including a body portion and a plurality of leg portions extending from the body portion. The body portion is resiliently deformable between an initial orientation and an insertion orientation upon application of a force to the body portion. The leg portions are oriented at an angle relative to the opposite leg portion when the body portion is in the initial orientation and the leg portions are substantially parallel when the body portion is moved to the insertion orientation for insertion of the leg portions into tissue. The leg portions at least partially return to the initial orientation when the force applied to the body portion is released such that the leg portions anchor the fixation apparatus to the tissue.

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