| 摘要 |
Atraumatic fasteners involving flexible membranes and tensioning means can be used in conjunction with one or more plates, other fastener types of other materials, particularly locked cannulated screws-plate interfaces providing improved capture and restraint of articular and/or juxta-articular bone fragments. A method of securing bone fragments includes securing or capturing a fragment, at least in part, with an atraumatic foldable and/or expandable device which can be inserted “inside out”, that is, the expandable form is inserted through a channel which has been created in the bone or tissue, from the opposite side of the bone or tissue fragment. |
| 主权项 |
1- A method of securing biological materials comprising the steps of:
creating a passage through said biological materials, said passage having a distal end and a proximal end, inserting a flexible connector through said passage, said flexible connector having a length greater than the length of said passage, securing said connector to a first securing member, said first securing member being exterior of said passage distal end, locking said connector external of said proximal end, inserting said securing member, said securing member being a folded, flexible biocompatible membrane, and said flexible connector, into a deployment tube, inserting said deployment tube into said passage, deploying said membrane and said connector from said deployment tube to a position external said distal end of said passage, removing said deployment tube, locking said connector external of said proximal end.
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