METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION AND FIXATION OF TENDON TO BONE

Methods and devices may be used to compress and fix soft tissue to bone. Exemplary embodiments described including methods of fixing tendon to bone in an anterior cruciate ligament replacement surgery. Through compressing tendon in situ within bone, tendons may be fixed to bone while limiting axial...

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1. Verfasser:	GRIFFIS, III JACK C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and devices may be used to compress and fix soft tissue to bone. Exemplary embodiments described including methods of fixing tendon to bone in an anterior cruciate ligament replacement surgery. Through compressing tendon in situ within bone, tendons may be fixed to bone while limiting axial movement of tendons and adverse effects on tendon tension.