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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Tornier, Saint Ismier, FR;
Francois Bonnomet, Strasbourg, FR;
Assignee:
Tornier SA, Saint Ismier, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract
A suture anchor for fixing soft tissues against a bone, including a hollow body having expanding elements limited in their plastic deformation, when an external traction force (T) is applied for fixing the suture anchor in the bone by stop means and wherein the expanding elements are reversibly deformed when another external thrust force (P) is applied thereto so that the suture anchor may be removed from the bone.
Published as:
FR2777442A1; WO9953844A1; FR2777442B1; EP1073374A1; US6328758B1; EP1073374B1; DE69924477D1; EP1532930A1; ES2241274T3; DE69924477T2; EP1532930B1; DE69934267D1; DE69934267T2; ES2276214T3;