Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for connecting soft tissue or ligament to a bone using surgical suture. More specifically the present invention relates to an anchor for fixation into a bone wherein the amount of material for said anchor is minimised by leading the suture thread through a special passageway on the outside of said anchor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 21, 2003
Publication date:
August 23, 2007
Applicant:
DEGIMA Medizinprodukte Gmbh
Inventors:
Alexander Tschakaloff, Randolf Von Oepen
Abstract: The present invention concerns a threaded device that could be inserted without the risk of breaking due to torsion, especially a threaded device made from plastics. More specifically the present invention relates to a threaded device providing openings located distant from the center of the body, preferably as far as possible at the outer margin of the screw body, for receiving an insertion instrument.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 21, 2003
Publication date:
July 14, 2005
Applicant:
DEGIMA Medizinprodukte Gmbh
Inventors:
Alexander Tschakaloff, Randolf Von Oepen