Patents Assigned to Smith & Nephew, a Massachusetts corporation
  • Surgical procedures and instruments
    Publication number: 20040049194
    Abstract: Surgical instruments and methods are provided. In one aspect, a method of securing a fixation device within an opening in a tissue is provided, including delivering a material in a flowable state to said opening, and changing the state of the material so that the material forms an interference fit that secures the fixation device in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, a Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: Fraser Harvie, Adam James, Peter Richardson, James William Huckle