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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Gary Karlin Michelson, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gary Karlin Michelson, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/84 (2005.12); A61F 2/08 (2005.12); A61F 2/28 (2005.12); A61B 17/064 (2005.12); A61B 17/068 (2005.12); A61B 17/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/064 (2012.12); A61B 17/068 (2012.12); A61B 2017/00477 (2012.12); A61B 2017/0646 (2012.12); A61B 2017/0647 (2012.12); A61B 2017/0648 (2012.12);
Abstract
A surgical rivet device for the repair of torn menisci and other intra-articular bodily tissues is disclosed in which the device comprises a shaft, projecting fins and a penetration head at one end and a wide rear portion. The device is inserted by a driving mechanism through both sides of the torn meniscus, compressing the tear in the meniscus between the fins near the head and the wide rear portion, holding the tear together. After insertion, the driving mechanism is separated from the rivet, leaving the rivet device in the patient. The rivet device is entirely biodegradable and absorabable by the body.