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5873891 Staple and thread assembly particularly for use in power-driven staplers for medical suturing  
A staple and thread assembly to be driven into the bone by a power-driven stapler while the thread is attached thereto, the stapler having a head section at its forward end formed with a pointed...
5871504 Anchor assembly and method for securing ligaments to bone  
Improved ligament anchor structures and methods for affixing graft ligaments to bone are provided. The ligament anchor assembly includes a sleeve having gripping means for being firmly secured...
5868762 Percutaneous hemostatic suturing device and method  
A device for suturing a vascular puncture site includes a shaft having a distal end terminating in a pair of resilient prongs, each of which releasably carries a suture anchor attached to one end...
5868789 Removable suture anchor apparatus  
A suture anchor apparatus for anchoring a suture in a bone. The apparatus includes an anchor with an elongate tip, a threaded portion and a suture securing structure coupled to the threaded...
5860983 Bone anchor inserter, method for loading same, method for holding and delivering a bone anchor, and method for inserting a bone anchor in a bone  
A bone anchor inserter for insertion of a bone anchor into a bore in a bone, the inserter comprising a handle having a grip portion, an actuator member mounted on the handle, a sleeve fixed in the...
5849013 Method and apparatus for fixing a bone block in a bone tunnel  
A method for fixing a bone block in a bone tunnel comprising the steps of placing the bone block in the bone tunnel, advancing spaced-apart first and second metal wires through the bone,...
5849004 Surgical anchor  
A surgical anchor useful in the repair or replacement of ligaments and/or tendons to associated human bone structure including an insert formed from a material that is biocompatible with human bone...
5845645 Method of anchoring a suture  
To anchor a suture, the suture is inserted through passages which are spaced apart along and extend transversely to a longitudinal central axis of an anchor. When the anchor is moved into body...
5843087 Suture anchor installation tool  
A bone anchor installation tool for deploying a bone anchor in bone.
5827291 Suture anchor driver with suture retainer  
An elongated suture anchor driver having a suture retaining means at its proximal end. The driver receives a suture anchor at its distal tip and has a throughbore for enabling suture attached to...
5814070 Suture anchor and driver  
A suture anchor and driver device is described that is designed to secure a suture anchor to a bone in a patient to allow soft tissue or the like to be secured to the bone. The suture anchor itself...
5814071 Suture anchor assembly and methods  
A suture anchor assembly is described which includes an elongated insertion stem and an approximately cylindrical anchoring element having an axial channel for receiving the insertion stem. In its...
5814051 Suture anchor insertion system  
A suture anchor insertion system includes a suture anchor installation tool having a handle, a retaining chamber formed integrally with the handle, and an elongate suture anchor inserting member....
5810853 Knotting element for use in suturing anatomical tissue and methods therefor  
A knotting element for use in surgical procedures to effect a knot in a length of filamentous material includes a body for being attached to a segment of the filamentous material and having opposed...
5810848 Suturing system  
The suturing system includes a cannula that defines two adjacent lumens. One lumen carries a supply of anchor members that are joined together by a suture. The anchor members are moved by a supply...
5810854 Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissue to each other or underlying bone  
A method and apparatus for attaching connective tissue to each other or to underlying bone is described. The invention includes a band with latching grooves to engage a detached clamping head. At...
5807403 Medical anchor device with suture thread and method for implantation into bone  
A medical anchor device for implantation into a bone of a patient includes a staple having a leading, bone-boring tip for self-tapping a hole, a trailing, driven end for receiving implanting force...
5797932 Muscle clamping device  
A bioabsorbable clamping apparatus for using in extraocular muscle surgery, for example, for curing strabismus is disclosed. The invention consists of two embodiments to be joined together. In one...
5792182 Apparatus for attaching tissue or suture to bone  
A method for attaching an object to bone that includes the steps of preparing an elongated channel in the bone, inserting a fixation device into the channel such that a first axis of the fixation...
5792142 Cutting tip  
A new cutting tip and a very simple method for making the tip are given. The tip has no flutes but has a built-in chip clearance. It is self-drilling, self-tapping, and self-locating and can be...
5782864 Knotless suture system and method  
A system for anchoring tissue to bone includes a suture anchor, a first loop of suture thread attached to the suture anchor, a suture needle and a second loop of suture thread which is attached to...
5772654 Apparatus for breast reduction surgery  
An apparatus for use in breast reduction surgery including a shield body defining a substantially circular opening therein which is sized, dimensioned and configured to correspond the areola of a...
5769894 Graft attachment device and method of attachment  
A tissue graft is secured within a bone passage by providing a graft fixation member sized to pass through the bone passage, attaching a suture having a pair of free ends to the tissue graft and...
5766250 Ligament fixator for a ligament anchor system  
A ligament fixator for a ligament anchor system and a process its use in an arthroscopic procedure for mounting a ligament graft end in a tunnel formed into a bone. The anchor system includes...
5752963 Suture anchor driver  
An improved suture anchor driver includes a handle and an extending elongated shaft adapted for passing through arthroscopic portals. The distal end of the shaft engages the suture anchor. The...
5749899 Intraosseous anchoring method and device  
An automatic intraosseous anchoring device has a conical member with a bottom and a tip. The conical member has an inner frusto-conical cutout extending from the bottom of the conical member toward...
5749878 Endoscopic screw anchor extractor  
A cannulated screw anchor extractor with a clear plastic outer sheath allows backing out of the screw anchor from bone into the inner cannulation of the clear, plastic sheath. The threads of the...
5741301 Self locking suture lock  
A self locking suture lock having first and second stitch lock openings designed to receive suture thread in only one direction, thereby locking the thread against withdrawal after the stitch to...
5733308 Surgical pledget dispensing system  
A surgical pledget dispensing system wherein a pledget is affixed to at least one other object whereby the pledget is tearably releasable from the at least one other object. Preferably a...
5733307 Bone anchor having a suture trough  
A bone anchor with a suture trough for attaching bone to tissue using a suture. The bone anchor includes a threaded bone anchor body having a major diameter, a minor diameter, a tip, and a drive...
5728135 Stiffened suture for use in a suturing device  
A suture for use in a laparoscopic suturing device comprising a suture having a first and second end. The first end being attached to a surgical needle and the second end being attached to a...
5728100 Medullary 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....
5725556 Suture locking apparatus  
A suture locking fastener for surgical procedures. The one piece plastic molded fastener features a plurality of triangular-shaped leaves that are attached to a base. At least one of the leaves is...
5723008 Splint for repair of tendons or ligaments and method  
A surgical repair splint (21,41,61,81) for use with a securement device such as a plurality of sutures (31,51,71,91) to hold together opposed ends of a member, such as a tendon or ligament, during...
5720747 Apparatus for crimping a surgical wire  
An apparatus and method for tightening and crimping a surgical wire used for orthopedic purposes. The apparatus of this invention includes a pair of operating handles which are biased apart and...
5720766 Apparatus for attaching soft tissue to bone  
An anchor for attaching soft tissue to a bone comprising a head having a central dome with a suture bore extending therethrough. The dome includes a pair of substantially flat, oppositely disposed...
5709708 Captured-loop knotless suture anchor assembly  
An enhanced knotless suture anchor assembly having a snag element or recess attached to, or formed in, an anchor assembly, for capturing a looped section of the suture element for enhanced knotless...
5709695 Apparatus for reducing the circumference of a vascular structure  
An apparatus and method for reducing the circumference of a vascular structure comprising the steps of providing a plurality of sutures and a plurality of discrete suture support segments of a...
5707394 Pre-loaded suture anchor with rigid extension  
A method and apparatus for facilitating use of a threaded suture anchor in combination with a reusable cannulated anchor driver. The device enables a suture anchor to be preassembled with a suture...
5707395 Surgical fastener and method and apparatus for ligament repair  
Apparatus and method for anchoring a ligament or ligament replacement into a bone comprising an expandable member for insertion into a borehole formed in the bone, the expandable member having an...
5702398 Tension screw  
A tension screw of the type primarily intended for anchoring one end of a ligament graft to a bone during surgery to repair a damaged or torn ligament. The tension screw includes two principal...
5702422 Anterior cruciate ligament repair method  
The invention provides a method of repairing tears or ruptures in an anterior cruciate ligament of the human knee, by reattaching the ligament to its anatomic insertion site on the intercondylar...
5702397 Ligament bone anchor and method for its use  
A bone anchor and method for its use in an arthroscopic and open soft tissue surgical procedure to mount a ligament graft, or the like, under tension and at variable lengths in a tunnel section...
5702462 Method of meniscal repair  
A method for repairing a torn meniscus includes inserting at least two anchoring members into the meniscus. Each anchoring member includes a dart and at least one suture. The darts are embedded in...
5697950 Pre-loaded suture anchor  
A method and apparatus for facilitating use of a threaded suture anchor in combination with a reusable cannulated anchor driver. The device enables a suture anchor to be preassembled with a suture...
5697931 Apparatus and method for laparoscopic urethopexy  
A surgical method for performing laparoscopic urethropexy on a patient is provided. This surgical method comprises the steps of dissecting at least a portion of the space of Retzius in the patient,...
5693061 Knot puller instrument for use with surgical suture in tying surgical knots  
A knot puller instrument and its method of use with surgical suture aids a surgeon in tying surgical knots. The apparatus includes a main body member that is formed of rigid structural material...
5690678 Arrangement for anchoring suture to bone  
A bore is provided in bone, the bore communicating with a slot provided in the bone's cortical layer and with a channel of larger size than the slot located in cancellous bone below the slot. The...
5690677 Method for installing a suture anchor through a cannulated tissue-shifting guide  
An arthroscopic method and apparatus for implanting a suture anchor into tissue using a cannulated tissue-shifting guide. Tissue at a repair site is secured with a cannulated tissue-shifting guide....
5690676 Suture anchor and drive 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...
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