Abstract: A graft suspension device for suspending a ligament in a bone hole having a first loop and a second loop suspending from an 8-hole anchor, and a cradle at the opposite end of the loops to the anchor. The loose ends of the suture are routed through holes in the anchor separate from the loops and are joined together to form a single tail. A finger loop allows a surgeon to adjust the distance of the cradle from the anchor with the cradle staying centered with respect to the anchor as the distance is adjusted.

Abstract: A graft suspension device for suspending a ligament in a bone hole having a first loop and a second loop suspending from an 8-hole anchor, and a cradle at the opposite end of the loops to the anchor. The loose ends of the suture are routed through holes in the anchor separate from the loops and are joined together to form a single tail. A finger loop allows a surgeon to adjust the distance of the cradle from the anchor with the cradle staying centered with respect to the anchor as the distance is adjusted.

Abstract: A graft suspension device for suspending a ligament in a bone hole having a first loop and a second loop suspending from an 8-hole anchor, and a cradle at the opposite end of the loops to the anchor. The loose ends of the suture are routed through holes in the anchor separate from the loops and are joined together to form a single tail. A finger loop allows a surgeon to adjust the distance of the cradle from the anchor with the cradle staying centered with respect to the anchor as the distance is adjusted.

Abstract: A graft suspension device for suspending a ligament in a bone hole having a first loop and a second loop suspending from an 8-hole anchor, and a cradle at the opposite end of the loops to the anchor. The loose ends of the suture are routed through holes in the anchor separate from the loops and are joined together to form a single tail. A finger loop allows a surgeon to adjust the distance of the cradle from the anchor with the cradle staying centered with respect to the anchor as the distance is adjusted.

Abstract: A graft suspension device for suspending a ligament in a bone hole having a first loop and a second loop suspending from an 8-hole anchor, and a cradle at the opposite end of the loops to the anchor. The loose ends of the suture are routed through holes in the anchor separate from the loops and are joined together to form a single tail. A finger loop allows a surgeon to adjust the distance of the cradle from the anchor with the cradle staying centered with respect to the anchor as the distance is adjusted.

Abstract: Suturing instruments and methods for placing mattress stitches in soft tissue allowing the practitioner to selectively control placement of each stitch of the mattress stitch and/or place the stitch deeper into tissue by pulling tissue farther into the device are described herein.

Abstract: An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone are described herein. Such devices and methods permit a suture attachment that lies beneath the cortical bone surface and does not require tying of knots in the suture.

Abstract: An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone are described herein. Such devices and methods permit a suture attachment that lies beneath the cortical bone surface and does not require tying of knots in the suture.

Abstract: An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone are described herein Such devices and methods permit a suture attachment that lies beneath the cortical bone surface and does not require tying of knots in the suture.

Abstract: A knotless suture lock and bone anchor wherein a suture, looped through a tissue, is threaded through a plurality of body holes in the anchor to cinch the suture and tissue to the anchor without tying a suture knot on the tissue, and wherein the anchor is adapted for embedding in a bone. The tissue is secured to the anchor by suturing the tissue without a suture knot, fastening the standing leg portion of the suture on a suture leg-anchoring structure, and threading the working leg portion of the suture through the body holes. Pulling on the working leg portion of the suture tightens the suture on the body structure and cinches the loop without a suture knot on the tissue. The bone-embedding structure comprises a plurality of barbs adapted to resist pullout of the anchor from the bone.

Abstract: A pre-cast cementitious construction element (10a) comprises a body (12), at least one coupling member (14) protruding from an edge (16) of the body and at least one coupling member (18) provided at an opposed edge (20) of the body. The at least one coupling member protruding from an edge is adapted to couple with a coupling member at an opposed edge of an adjacent pre-cast construction element (10b) such that, when coupled, a spaced relationship exists between the pre-cast construction element (10) and the adjacent pre-cast construction element (10b).

Abstract: Suturing instruments and methods for placing mattress stitches in soft tissue allowing the practitioner to selectively control placement of each stitch of the mattress stitch and/or place the stitch deeper into tissue by pulling tissue farther into the device are described herein.

Abstract: An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone are described herein Such devices and methods permit a suture attachment that lies beneath the cortical bone surface and does not require tying of knots in the suture.

Abstract: A knotless suture lock and bone anchor wherein a suture, looped through a tissue, is threaded through a plurality of body holes in the anchor to cinch the suture and tissue to the anchor without tying a suture knot on the tissue, and wherein the anchor is adapted for embedding in a bone. The tissue is secured to the anchor by suturing the tissue without a suture knot, fastening the standing leg portion of the suture on a suture leg-anchoring structure, and threading the working leg portion of the suture through the body holes. Pulling on the working leg portion of the suture tightens the suture on the body structure and cinches the loop without a suture knot on the tissue. The bone-embedding structure comprises a plurality of barbs adapted to resist pullout of the anchor from the bone.

Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for securing soft tissue to bone, and particularly for axially anchoring suture which attaches the soft tissue to adjacent bone structure.

Abstract: A bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone, permits a suture attachment that lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. The suturing material between the soft tissue and the bone anchor is secured without the need for tying a knot, thus avoiding what is, for arthroscopic procedures, an extremely demanding and difficult task. A knotless anchor for fixation of soft tissues to bone includes a bone lock in the form of a screw, and a suture lock in the form of a plug which is movable into a lumen.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to formable pallets that are easy to construct into a generally stably product receiving state and easy to collapse into a storage/transport state. Embodiments of the pallet of which include a construction wherein one or more support beams can be further integrally formed from the sheet material of the pallet itself and function to support a product support surface on an uppermost surface of the pallet. The beams can be supported internally by structural inserts. Additionally, the supporting inserts may include braces for added stability and strength. The beams, as well as the platform can be further braced and structurally supported by cross braces, which run generally at right angles to the beams and pass through apertures in the beams themselves and slots in the inserts.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to collapsible type pallets and related products embodiments of which include a construction wherein support beams can be integrally formed from the sheet material of the pallet itself. The beams can be supported internally by structural inserts. Additionally, the supporting inserts may include braces for added stability and strength. The beams, as well as the platform can be further braced and structurally supported by cross braces, which run generally at right angles to the beams and pass through apertures in the beams themselves and slots in the inserts. In certain embodiments, the cross braces pass underneath and support the underside of the platform to create significant structural advantages to the pallet. Embodiments of the pallet can be easily assembled from components that can be easily and economically stored and transported. Embodiments are light-weight thereby providing savings in assembly, transportation, and storage.

Abstract: An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone, which permit a suture attachment that lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. Advantageously, the suturing material between the soft tissue and the bone anchor is secured without the need for tying a knot. The suture attachment to the bone anchor involves the looping of a length of suture around a pulley within the bone anchor, tightening the suture and attached soft tissue, and clamping the suture within the bone anchor. The bone anchor may be a tubular body having a lumen containing a plurality of suture-locking elements that clamp the suture therein. The locking elements may be thin and C-shaped. One or more locking plugs attached to separable actuation rods displace axially within the lumen and act on the locking elements to displace them radially.

Abstract: A one-piece reel blank comprising a single piece of cardboard material, or other relatively rigid but foldable thin sheet material, which is cut to form a center panel, a pair of wall panels joined, and a pair of flaps. The center panel is preferably generally rectangular in shape with a pair of first fold lines and a pair of first lateral edges. The wall panels are respectively joined to opposite longitudinal sides of the center panel along substantially parallel second fold lines. Each second fold line has a length that is preferably less than that of the first fold line. A flap is joined to an adjacent wall panel along a third fold line opposite a fold line and substantially parallel thereto. Each flap is generally rectangular in shape and has a longitudinal fourth fold line having a central perforated or scored portion joining slit end portions, respectively terminating at lateral edges.