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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Gary P Tallent, Gloucester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 72 ; 606 75 ; 606104 ; 411495 ;
Abstract
A soft tissue anchor implantation device having a bore along its longitudinal axis through which a guiding K-wire or other guiding devices may be freely drawn, and into which an anchor expanding pin may be wedged to expand the anchor body and lodge it securely in a hole in a bone. In one embodiment the anchor has an elongated body with proximal and distal ends. The proximal end is supplied with an enlarged head having an underside equipped with downwardly extending spikes for gripping soft tissue.
Published as:
CA2115778A1; EP0611557A2; AU5516694A; JPH06292686A; US5380334A; EP0611557A3; US5601558A; AU680214B2; CA2115778C; EP0611557B1; ATE179064T1; DE69417936D1; ES2133484T3; DE69417936T2;