发明名称 Apparatus and method for attaching soft tissue to bone
摘要 Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprises: an expandable body defining a bore and configured to expand into bone, said expandable body comprising a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being of harder material than said proximal main member, said distal tip member having a threaded recess in a proximal surface thereof and said proximal main member having a distally extending threaded projection threadedly interengageable with the distal tip member recess; an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and tissue attachment means associated with said shaft; whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>
申请公布号 AU9140001(A) 申请公布日期 2002.05.23
申请号 AU20010091400 申请日期 2001.11.16
申请人 ETHICON, INC. 发明人 DENNIS MCDEVITT;GEARY H MUNROE;VINCE NOVAK;THOMAS E BORG
分类号 A61B17/11;A61B17/00;A61B17/04;A61B17/064;A61B17/56;A61B17/68;A61F2/08 主分类号 A61B17/11
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