Patents Assigned to Innovasive Corp.
  • Patent number: 5931840
    Abstract: A bone 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 bone fixator includes threaded footing member for mounting in a bone tunnel, that includes a longitudinal opening formed therethrough, and a ligament carrying member that has a forward of proximal portion for fitting through the threaded footing member longitudinal opening and including a coupling arrangement for securing the ligament carrying member in the threaded footing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Innovasive Corp.
    Inventors: E. Marlowe Goble, Thomas Wade Fallin, Alan Chervitz, Ramarao Gundlapalli