Abstract: An implant to be fastened to a tissue, a tool a kit and a method. The implant has a first end, a second end and an elongated shank made in part from a first polymer material. The implant includes a contact surface for receiving external mechanical energy for deforming the shape of the implant such that the shape of the implant can be deformed and locked in the tissue by the effect of the external mechanical energy.

Abstract: An operator tool is provided to assist an operator of a process or machine in decision making. The tool is initiated by the operator selecting a key variable, “Variable of Interest”, at the user interface. The variable of interest usually is an output variable of interest (such as quality, cost, etc.). At least most significant variables related to the selected variable of interest are automatically determined by a statistical method and shown at the user interface. The operator can adjust the related variables shown on the interface. The impact of one variable to another is demonstrated by a prediction method and shown in a numerical and/or graphical form. After being satisfied with the result of the analysis, the operator decides on which is the preferred parameter change in order to overcome the problem in question or achieve the desired improvement, and then implements the corresponding change on the real system.

Abstract: An implant to be fastened to a tissue, a tool a kit and a method. The implant has a first end, a second end and an elongated shank made at least partly of a first polymer material. The implant comprises a contact surface for receiving external mechanical energy for deforming the shape of the implant such that the shape of the implant can be deformed and locked in the tissue by the effect of said mechanical energy.

Abstract: A surgical implant and a method for manufacturing the same. The surgical implant has a body comprising polyaryletherketone (PAEK). Said polyaryletherketone is a homopolymer and a first section of the body comprises a polyaryletherketone that has a crystallization peak in its DSC-curve.

Abstract: A device for removal of fastening means from human tissue. The device comprises a shaft having proximal and distal ends and a longitudinal centre line. The distal end comprises a thread section having a centre line that is coaxial with the longitudinal centre line of the shaft and a left-hand thread that screws itself around the centre line, and a counter surface that is disposed outside the thread and has a surface component direction which intersects one of said centre lines. The counter surface is disposed so as to make contact with the fastening means to be removed when the thread is rotated into a hole in the fastening means.

Abstract: A plate for securing bone or bone fragments, its use, a system and an attachment method of the plate. The plate comprises a first part intended for attaching to at least one first bone fragment, and a second part intended for attaching to at least one second bone fragment, and an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface comprises a plurality of holes, of which holes some are preholes, in at least one of which preholes an actual, threaded attachment hole is arranged to be prepared in situ, and at least one free hole, which is a through hole extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, the smallest diameter of the free hole being larger than the diameter of the preholes.

Abstract: A fastener for the treatment of fractures and the materials for production thereof. The fastener having a head with a contact portion for an installation tool and an attaching part having a treaded portion. The threads of the threaded portion are 5 to 20 % of the height of the outer diameter of the thread. The material for producing the fastener is a blend containing a biodegradable base material and one or more copolymer additives so that at room temperature the ductility of the blend is substantially higher than that of the pure base material. The base material may be a biodegradable polymer and/or a copolymer.

Abstract: A system and method for stabilizing the spine. The system comprises a fixation screw with a threaded section, and a fixation plate with a top and bottom surface. The fixation plate has a pre-drill hole arranged on the side of the top surface, and with the pre-drill hole, an actual fixation hole is made to the plate. The fixation hole is made when the plate is arranged at its future fixation point on the surface of bone tissue such that the fixation hole forms a first angle relative to the plate, whose size is selectable from several alternatives within certain limit values. The threaded section of the fixation hole is made during the same work phase as the threaded section in the bone tissue.

Abstract: A suture anchor, an insertion tool for inserting a suture anchor, and a device for internal working of hole in bony tissue. The anchor comprises an anchor body having a longitudinal cross-section defined by a perimeter. The perimeter comprises at least one tissue-intruding edge formed between the first side and the second side of the perimeter. The intruding edge is arranged to penetrate the tissue during a rotating motion of the anchor in said opening. The anchor further comprises an abutment surface, arranged substantially on the opposite side of the anchor body in relation to said intruding edge. The first side of the intruding edge is arranged to connect with the abutment surface by a connecting part of the perimeter having the shape of a substantially curved piece in said longitudinal cross-section.

Abstract: A surgical implant shaping instrument, a surgical system, and a method for shaping a surgical implant into conformance with a surface of a bony tissue. The implant shaping instrument comprises shaping means arranged in a body part, said shaping means comprising a press element having a flexible structure configured to be pushed against an implant arranged onto an underlying bony tissue so that said implant at least substantially conforms with the shape of the underlying bony tissue.

Abstract: A storage for surgical fixation devices and an arrangement for the storage for surgical fixation devices. The storage for fixation devices comprises fixation device slots for at least one fixation device and a guide that is arranged to guide a counter element of an installation tool to a contact section of a fixation device located in the fixation device slot. The arrangement comprises a space for the fixation device storage, to which the storage for fixation devices can be arranged, and a guide for an installation tool, the guide being arranged to guide a counter element of the installation tool to a contact section of a fixation device located in the fixation device slot.

Abstract: A cutting device for cutting fixation devices used in surgical operations and made of polymer material or polymer composite. The cutting device comprises a blade arrangement, which comprises one or more blades, one or more guides, which comprise a fixation device space, in which the fixation device to be cut is intended to be arranged, means for using the blade arrangement for cutting the fixation device arranged in the guide. The guide is arranged obliquely with respect to the shear plane of blade arrangement so that a cutting surface which is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the fixation device is formed at the tip of the cut fixation device.

Abstract: A bone plate for supporting bone. At least one shaping area reducing the shaping resistance of the shape of the bone plate and the bending and/or torsional resistance of the body is arranged in the section of the bone plate between fixation holes.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to body tissue fixation systems, including body tissue fixation hardware comprising biocompatible, bioabsorbable (resorbable) thermoplastic plates, and methods of using those systems and hardware.

Abstract: A novel polymer composition is provided which includes a base material including a biodegradable polymer or copolymer, and a copolymer additive including one or more monomers imparting a tensile strength to the polymer composition at room temperature that is lower than a tensile strength at room temperature for the base material.

Abstract: A surgical tissue fixation system is described, including: (1) a bioabsorbable tissue fixation plate having optionally a plurality of through-holes arranged in alternating relation along the plate; (2) bioabsorbable fasteners adapted for insertion into the through-holes to secure the plate to underlying bodily tissue or bone; and (3) an installation instrument which triggers (strikes or shoots) fasteners one after one, in rapid succession, into the through-holes made through the plate and into the underlying bodily tissue or bone, which also optionally includes drillholes.

Abstract: A surgical tissue fixation system is described, including: (1) a bioabsorbable tissue fixation plate having optionally a plurality of through-holes arranged in alternating relation along the plate; (2) bioabsorbable fasteners adapted for insertion into the through-holes to secure the plate to underlying bodily tissue or bone; and (3) an installation instrument which triggers (strikes or shoots) fasteners one after one, in rapid succession, into the through-holes made through the plate and into the underlying bodily tissue or bone, which also optionally includes drillholes.

Abstract: A fastening means for treatment of fractures and a material for the production thereof. The fastening means comprises a head (1), which is provided with a contact portion for an installation tool, and an attaching part (3), which comprises a screw thread (4). The fastening means can be fixed into its mounting hole in two ways: like a screw or like a tack. The material for producing a fastening means intended for treatment of fractures is a blend which contains a base material, which is biodegradable polymer and/or copolymer, and one or more copolymer additives so that at room temperature the ductility of the blend is substantially higher than that of pure base material.

Abstract: A storage for surgical fixation devices and an arrangement for the storage for surgical fixation devices. The storage for fixation devices comprises fixation device slots for at least one fixation device and a guide that is arranged to guide a counter element of an installation tool to a contact section of a fixation device located in the fixation device slot. The arrangement comprises a space for the fixation device storage, to which the storage for fixation devices can be arranged, and a guide for an installation tool, the guide being arranged to guide a counter element of the installation tool to a contact section of a fixation device located in the fixation device slot.

Abstract: A tool for making threaded surgical holes. The tool has a drilling tip that drills the hole and a thread-forming section that forms the thread in the hole and comprises a thread that shapes bone. The height of the thread of the thread-forming section is substantially at least 10% of the outer diameter of the thread-forming section.