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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale G Bramlet, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606232 ; 606 72 ; 606 73 ;
Abstract
A surgical anchor useful in the repair or replacement of ligaments and/or tendons to associated human bone structure including an insert formed from a material that is biocompatible with human bone tissue and a series of fasteners carried by and which promote securement of the insert within the bone tissue. Each fastener carried by the insert is movable between retracted and extended positions. The surgical anchor furthermore includes a mechanism arranged in operable combination with and for positively moving the fasteners in either direction between their retracted and extended positions. The fasteners are preferably movable endwise relative to the insert.
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