Method and apparatus for meniscal repair

Details Method and apparatus for meniscal repair Method and apparatus for meniscal repair

A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/04 (2006.01) A61B 17/56 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2720394

An anchor for securing suture to tissue, the anchor comprising: an elongated body having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having a distal slot extending proximally into the elongated body, and the proximal end having a proximal slot extending distally into the body; the distal slot comprising a wide section and a narrow section, wherein the wide section has a width such that the suture is slidably accommodated therein and the narrow section has a width such that the suture is bound therein, and further wherein the wide section is disposed distally of the narrow section.

Linvention se rapporte à un ancrage destiné à fixer une suture à un tissu, lancrage comprenant un corps oblong doté dune extrémité distale et dune extrémité proximale, lextrémité distale comprenant une fente distale sétendant proximalement dans le corps oblong et lextrémité proximale comprenant une fente proximale sétendant distalement dans le corps ; La fente distale comprenant une section large et une section étroite, ladite section large ayant une largeur telle que la suture est reçue de manière à pouvoir y glisser et la section étroite ayant une largeur telle que la structure est fixée à lintérieur et la section large étant en outre disposée de manière distale par rapport à la section étroite.

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