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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:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rocco R Borzone, Emerson, NJ (US);
John S Crombie, East Hanover, NJ (US);
David L Nelson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Howmedica Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606232 ; 606 73 ;
Abstract
A suture anchor and driver device is described that is designed to secure a suture anchor to a bone in a patient to allow soft tissue or the like to be secured to the bone. The suture anchor itself engages the suture along the length of a passage that passes through the diameter of the distal end of the suture anchor, providing for a relatively large area of engagement to minimize stress on the suture material. The driver is designed to engage the suture anchor and guide the suture material along outside surface of the driver.
Published as:
CA2197830A1; JPH09220234A; EP0791331A1; AU1478897A; KR970061217A; ZA971399B; US5814070A; KR100235280B1; CA2197830C; JP3009369B2;