Prosthetic tendon, especially for cap of shoulder, has flattened distal end with synthetic sutures for fastening to humerus

摘要

The prosthetic tendon (7), designed to fit between a motor muscle (5) and a bone (1, 2) controlled by the muscle, has a proximal end shaped to receive the distal end of the muscle, and a flattened distal end equipped with fixing sutures of a resorbable synthetic material that fasten it to a groove (17) cut in the bone. The prosthetic tendon (7), designed to fit between a motor muscle (5) and a bone (1, 2) controlled by the muscle, has a proximal end shaped to receive the distal end of the muscle, and a flattened distal end equipped with fixing sutures of a resorbable synthetic material that fasten it to a groove (17) cut in the bone. Each of the sutures ends in a metal needle for piercing the bone, and the length of the sutures is selected so they can pass through the bone and emerge on its external cortex, where they are joined at a single point by a knot (20).