| 摘要 |
abstract methods and devices are provided for anc horing 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. |
