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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1991
William W McKinney, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
An object is attached to a bone by using blind rivets. The blind rivets can be set from the outside of the bone. Each blind rivet has a body, with a head on one end, and a mandrel extending from the head end of the body. A hole is formed in the bone. The rivet is inserted through the object and into the bone through a hole in the bone cortex. The rivet is set by pulling on the mandrel with the rivet gun. The rivet secures the object to the proximal cortex layer of the bone. The method is used to attach objects such as plates and hip sockets to bone. In addition, the rivet can be provided with serrations on the head, wherein the rivet attaches soft tissue, such as muscle tendons, to bone.