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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Dennis McDevitt, Upton, MA (US);
Jeffrey Halbrecht, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for attaching tissue to bone. The system comprises an expander pin configured to receive suture; an expandable body configured to receive the expander pin; the expander pin expanding the expandable body when the expander pin is received in the expandable body; the expander pin and the expandable body being configured to (1) allow sliding movement of the suture relative to the expander pin when the expander pin is disposed in a first position relative to the expandable body, and (2) bind the suture relative to the expander pin when the expander pin is disposed in a second position relative to the expandable body; an installation tool adapted to releaseably attach to the expandable body; and the installation tool including a pusher for driving the expander pin into the expandable body.