Stryker European Holdings I LLC

Astrid Bordush

Thomas Knecht

André Wilke

Jean-Claude Frély

A combination of an implant () like a bone screw together with an augmentation sleeve () is suggested. The bone screw may comprise a trailing end portion with a plurality of lateral bores (). The augmentation sleeve may comprise a leading end portion which is adapted to be coupled to the trailing end portion of the bone screw, and a lateral opening () at the leading end. The augmentation sleeve may be adapted to guide an augmentation tool to the trailing end portion of the bone screw and to the leading end portion of the augmentation sleeve so that the trailing end portion of the bone screw may be augmented by pressing augmentation material through the plurality of lateral bores at the trailing end portion of the bone screw and further through the lateral opening of the augmentation sleeve into the bone at the trailing end of the bone screw, or other implant. After the augmentation of the trailing end portion of the bone screw, the augmentation sleeve may be removed.

Slotted augmentation sleeve

A method and a device for anchoring a suture to an object includes a shuttle and a pin made of a material which can be liquefied by means of ultrasonic vibrations. A suture is attached to a rear end of the pin. The shuttle has a shuttle body, a shuttle arm and a suture reception, wherein the shuttle arm is suitable for releasably holding the pin in a predetermined position relative to the shuttle body such that the pin can be reliably introduced into a hole in an object.

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Astrid Bordush