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5520700 Stapler device particularly useful in medical suturing  
A stapler device includes a manually grippable handle containing a drive and a trigger to activate the drive mechanism, a barrel fixed to the handle, a guide for holding a staple to be ejected and...
5514159 Guillotine suture clip  
A suture retainer includes a plug portion having a first portion with a suture contacting surface and a prong extending distally therefrom. The prong has at least one aperture for receiving one or...
5507755 Apparatus and method for closing puncture wounds  
An apparatus for suturing deep puncture wounds utilizes a capturing member which is pivotally mounted to the distal end of an elongate rod. During use, the capturing member is inserted into a body...
5501695 Fastener for attaching objects to bones  
A fastener adapted to expand into bone has a tubular body having a longitudinal opening therethrough with a stop within the opening. The body has a head at one end and a longitudinal slot extends...
5501683 Suture anchor for soft tissue fixation  
A method and apparatus for anchoring suture to bone includes an anchor formed by twisting a wire to provide a loop with two legs extending distally from the twist. Each leg bends outwardly through...
5501696 Unitary anchor for soft tissue fixation  
A suture anchor includes a single length of resilient wire bent to form a suture-retaining loop disposed between two proximally diverging coplanar legs having pointed ends. The legs are selectively...
5500000 Soft tissue repair system and method  
A soft tissue repair system and method are provided. The soft tissue repair system includes a barbed suture anchoring member attached to at least one suture member. A suture retaining member...
5486197 Two-piece suture anchor with barbs  
A two-piece suture anchor is disclosed wherein a barrel-like main portion is provided with a pair of legs in a central opening. A ball-like actuating device is received within the central opening...
5480961 Bioabsorbable polymers derived from cyclic ether esters and surgical articles made therefrom  
Bioabsorbable polymers are obtained from the polymerization of cyclic ether-esters which are derived from crown ethers. The bioabsorbable polymers are useful in forming surgical articles including...
5480403 Suture anchoring device and method  
A suture anchor includes a rivet for insertion into a predrilled bore hole in bone, and a setting pin which extends through an axial aperture in the rivet. Preferably the setting pin has barbed...
5474573 Toggle suture handling means and method  
Disclosed is a method of suturing the abomasum of a ruminant animal. The method includes inserting one end of a cannula through the belly of the animal and into the lumen of the abomasum. One end...
5474543 Single needle apparatus and method for performing retropublic urethropexy  
A suturing needle asssembly used for the retropubic surgical correction of anatomical stress incontinence due to pelvic relaxation, the suturing needle assembly having an array of four needles...
5474572 Clip for suture  
Eliminates the need for tying knots in sutures. The clip (20) is slidable in an open position along sutures (12) that extend from a suturing site. With the clip (20) at the suturing site, the...
5472452 Rectilinear anchor for soft tissue fixation  
A method and bone anchor assembly apparatus for attaching suture material to bone tissue includes a hollow anchor body having a rectilinearly-bounded transverse cross-section with a maximum...
5470337 Surgical fastener  
A surgical fastener for securing a hollow organ to an outer tissue layer. The surgical fastener includes first and second opposing fastener heads, a filament portion extending between the first and...
5464427 Expanding suture anchor  
The suture anchor comprises a first main body (11) of a generally cylindrical shape having a front portion (1), a rear portion (2), a longitudinal axis (3), a curved surface (4) with protrusions...
5464424 Laser adjustable suture  
A surgical suture having an elastic component that contracts under the application of laser energy to affect tightening of the suture. In one preferred embodiment the elastic component is a dome...
5464425 Medullary suture anchor  
A medullary suture anchor including an elongated body having flat, angled end portions. A central bore extends through the body transverse to and centered on the longitudinal axis of the anchor....
5462561 Suture device  
An apparatus is provided for suturing a perforation in a side wall of a patient's blood vessel. The apparatus includes an outer sheath having a longitudinal passage defined therethrough. The outer...
5458601 Adjustable ligament anchor  
The invention provides an adjustable ligament anchor for attaching a ligament to a bone. The ligament anchor comprises a housing having an exterior surface, an interior surface, an intra-articular...
5458608 Laparoscopic instruments and methods  
A tacker instrument for laparoscopic applications fits within a cannula and incorporates within a sleeve a positioning and driving system coupled to a tack holder mechanism at the distal end. The...
5451235 Occluder and method for repair of cardiac and vascular defects  
An occlusion device for percutaneous transluminal correction of intracardiac and vascular septal defects is disclosed. The device comprises a pair of opposed occluders that are connected to one...
5437680 Suturing method, apparatus and system for use in endoscopic procedures  
A method, system and apparatus for suturing tissue in an anatomical cavity during an endoscopic procedure includes a suturing instrument extending through a portal in the anatomical cavity wall for...
5423819 Screw and driver for securing a bone block  
A screw and driver combination designed so that the screw is releasably axially couplable with the driver and so that the screw is positively rotatably engageable with the driver. The screw...
5423860 Protective carrier for suture anchor  
A protective carrier having a sleeve body with a distal end, a proximal end, and a passageway extending longitudinally between them. One or more elements are disposed in the passageway proximate to...
5417691 Apparatus and method for manipulating and anchoring tissue  
An apparatus and method for manipulating and anchoring tissue is provided. The invention is directed to solving the problem of manipulating and anchoring tissue within a joint when access to that...
5417712 Bone anchor  
An improved anchoring device for use in bone holes, bone tunnels and other assorted workpieces, and being particularly compatible with fabrication from both polymeric and bioabsorbable materials....
5411523 Suture anchor and driver combination  
A suture anchor and driver combination of the invention for use by a surgeon in a surgical procedure to secure a suture onto a bone surface for use in tying a ligament thereto. The anchor of the...
5405359 Toggle wedge  
A toggle wedge is hereof depicted that serves as a suture anchor in bone or soft tissue to which further soft tissue can be sutured in close opposition thereto which wedge is made up of a top...
5397331 Supporting device and apparatus for inserting the device  
In connection with herniotomia or laparoscopy a device (12) for supporting the abdominal wall may be passed into the abdominal cavity through a percutaneously arranged guard tube (23) that is...
5393302 Process for endosteal ligament mounting  
A process that utilizes a tendon threader for positioning and endosteally mounting a tendon within the endosteum of a closed tunnel end of a straight ligament tunnel that has been formed in a...
5383905 Suture loop locking device  
A device for securing a suture loop about bodily tissue includes a bead member having a longitudinal bore and an anchor member adapted to be slidably inserted within the bore of the bead member....
5376101 Suture retaining clip  
A suture holding clip including legs each having a suture contacting surface. The legs can be closed to define an interface for holding a suture in a serpentine configuration. In another embodiment...
5374268 Device and method for repairing torn tissue  
A device for repairing torn tissue or muscle such as the meniscus of the knee. The device consists of a pair of needles detachably secured to a pair of anchoring members having a plurality of...
5372599 Surgical anchor and method for deploying the same  
An anchor for attaching an object to a bone-like structure, and a method for deploying the same. The anchor includes a body and a plurality of barbs. The barbs are located in axially aligned,...
5366480 Synthetic elastomeric buttressing pledget  
A buttressing pledget is manufactured from a synthetic elastomeric material. The elastomeric material can be nonporous, radiolucent, and/or a silicone rubber. The buttressing pledget can be made...
5364407 Laparoscopic suturing system  
Apparatus for connecting the ends of a suture stitch includes a piston and cylinder combination with one end of the suture secured to the cylinder. The other end of the suture initially includes a...
5356435 Element for fixing ligaments  
An element for fixing a ligament adapted to be inserted in an osseous canal comprising an at least partially hollowed truncated element including an internal conduit adapted to receive one of the...
5336240 Bone-dowel assembly for anchoring a suture  
A bone dowel assembly for attaching a tissue to a bone includes an approximately cylindrical shank having a continuous borehole which extends axially from a free end of the shank to a second end of...
5324308 Suture anchor  
The instant device is made up of a guide wire component, a proximal wedge component and a distal wedge component with the proximal wedge component having a side with an inclined medial face, two...
5318578 Apparatus for delivering a suture into a body cavity and method of using the apparatus  
An instrument for delivering a pre-tied suture assembly, having a needle carrying a thread with a noose thereon, into a body cavity. The needle has a pointed free end to puncture a tissue and guide...
5314427 Channel ligament clamp  
The improved channel ligament clamp of the invention is for human implantation in a surgical procedure for securing a ligament, that is either natural or prosthetic, onto a bone cortex and...
5312438 Suture anchor and method of use  
A suture anchor is disclosed which comprises a frusto-conical device having first and second axial ends, and a side surface extending therebetween. The first axial end has a larger diameter than...
5306301 Graft attachment device and method of using same  
A graft attachment device having an elongated body with a leading end and a trailing end, each defining an element for carrying a filament such as a suture. The body further defines at least one...
5306290 Suture button  
A suture retaining device in the form of a frusto-conical button having parallel upper and lower planar surfaces which are connected together by a conical surface. The button is provided with a...
5282832 Suture clip  
A suture fastening device which includes a first member having a base and two resilient elongated legs extending from the base. The legs are provided with barbs for snap fit engagement with an...
5269809 Locking mechanism for use with a slotted suture anchor  
A locking mechanism having a locking element carried by one or more strands of suture material. One end of the suture is attachable to an anchor having a slot extending from a trailing end of the...
5258015 Locking filament caps  
An improved locking cap for mounting on the smooth flexible filament of a surgical fastener wherein the locking cap is of a thin flat washer-like shape with gripping elements for engaging the...
5258016 Suture anchor and driver assembly  
A suture anchor and anchor driver device for securely and accurately positioning and installing the suture anchor in place. The anchor has a rounded or pointed head and one or more ridges around it...
5236445 Expandable bone anchor and method of anchoring a suture to a bone  
A bone anchor, for securing a suture to a bone, has an open proximal end and a body that tapers to a solid distal tip. The anchor is placed deep in a borehole in a bone using an insertion...
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