Apparatus and method for anchoring sutures

专利名称：Apparatus and method for anchoring

sutures

发明人：Edwin C. Bartlett申请号：US10811691申请日：20040329公开号：US07217280B2公开日：20070515

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摘要：A suture anchor having a conical surface and a bore in which an end of aninsertion tool is inserted. The insertion end of the insertion tool is made of materialhaving elastic properties. The bore and base of the suture anchor are angled with respect

to the central axis of the suture anchor and preferably are parallel to each other. Duringinsertion, the suture anchor is reoriented to fit into the hole, thereby bending the elasticend of the insertion tool. When the suture anchor is within cancellous bone tissue, theelastic properties of the insertion tool deploy the suture anchor to an orientation inwhich the suture anchor cannot fit through the bone hole, thereby firmly anchoring thesuture anchor in the human bone.

申请人：Edwin C. Bartlett

地址：609 Bremerton Dr. Greenville NC 27858 US

国籍：US

代理机构：Pandiscio & Pandiscio

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