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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Kevin T Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
H. Gene Hawkins, Warsaw, IN (US);
Zachary M Hoffman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory J Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Troy M Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Ryan a Kaiser, Leesburg, IN (US);
Jason D Meridew, Syracuse, IN (US);
Kevin T Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
H. Gene Hawkins, Warsaw, IN (US);
Zachary M Hoffman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory J Denham, Warsaw, IN (US);
Troy M Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Ryan A Kaiser, Leesburg, IN (US);
Jason D Meridew, Syracuse, IN (US);
Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A fixation device for securing tissue to a bone. The fixation device includes an anchor having a hollow body defining a longitudinal passage, and a plug configured to be received in at least a portion of the passage. The body comprises a cylindrical portion and a tapered tip portion. The cylindrical portion comprises a plurality of thin-walled window covers such that after implantation the window covers are resorbed first relative to other portions of the cylindrical portion for defining a plurality of apertures on the cylindrical portion.