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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Ray Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
George Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Ray Bojarski, Attleboro, MA (US);
George Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Steven Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A surgical assembly includes a fastener, a retainer, and a flexible member. The fastener is configured to be secured within bone tissue. The flexible member connects the fastener to the retainer and is movably attached to the retainer such that pulling on a free end of the flexible member shortens a length of the flexible member between the fastener and the retainer. A method includes positioning a fastener within bone tissue, positioning a retainer against soft tissue to be attached to the bone tissue, and pulling a free end of a flexible member. The fastener and the retainer are connected by the flexible member, the flexible member is movably attached to the retainer, and pulling on the free end of the flexible member shortens a length of the flexible member between the fastener and the retainer.