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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicants:
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Woodwelding Ag, Stansstad, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 2017/005 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00955 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a device for anchoring a suture to an object includes a shuttle and a pin made of a material which can be liquefied by means of ultrasonic vibrations. A suture is attached to a rear end of the pin. The shuttle has a shuttle body, a shuttle arm and a suture reception, wherein the shuttle arm is suitable for releasably holding the pin in a predetermined position relative to the shuttle body such that the pin can be reliably introduced into a hole in an object.