摘要 |
Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In one embodiment, a surgical implant is provided having a sheath and an expander that is received within the sheath. Various delivery tools, including a sheath inserter and a driver, are also provided. In use, the sheath inserter can be used to position a tendon within a prepared bone hole, and it can be used to deliver the sheath with a guidewire coupled thereto into the bone hole. The driver can be provided for delivering the expander into the sheath. A loader can optionally be used to load the driver and expander onto the guidewire coupled to the implanted sheath. |
申请人 |
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.;MEDOS INTERNATIONAL S.À.R.L |
发明人 |
DIDUCH, DAVID R.;GETELMAN, MARK H.;MARKS, JACOB A.;MILLER, GEROME;RAVENSCROFT, MATTHEW J.;TANG, HOWARD C.;WHITTAKER, GREGORY R.;SENGUN, MEHMET Z. |