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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Sportwelding Gmbh, Schlieren, CH;
Inventor:
Urs Graf, Zürich, CH;
Assignee:
SPORTWELDING GMBH, Schlieren, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00955 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0817 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for the treatment of a ligament injury include the insertion of at least one suture anchor into a bone opening and anchoring the at least one suture anchor and thereafter threading two ends of a suture of at least one anchored suture anchor through the ligament and pulling the ligament to the bone with the opening and fixing the ligament to that bone by tying a knot in the suture.