DEVICE FOR REINFORCING AND SUSTAINING THE CAP OF THE ROTATORS OF A HUMAN SHOULDER JOINT.

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR90/00291 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 13, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 13, 1990 PCT Filed Apr. 25, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/12551 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 1, 1990.The present invention relates to a rotator cuff reinforcement device for surgical implantation to a shoulder of a person, including a strip having a rear heel for fixation to at least one of a trochiter and a tendinous mass of a rotator cuff, the strip having a linear extension or divergent legs from the heel defining opposite end(s) for fixation to respective tendon(s) of such a rotator cuff.