ANCHORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACCURATE POSITIONING AND INSERTION OF AN ANCHOR ASSEMBLY
An anchoring device including a finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a finger mounting axis and a work channel axis angled with respect to the finger mounting axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining an aperture lying generally in an aperture plane angle...
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Zusammenfassung: | An anchoring device including a finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a finger mounting axis and a work channel axis angled with respect to the finger mounting axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining an aperture lying generally in an aperture plane angled with respect to the finger mounting axis and with respect to the work channel axis, an anchor insertion assembly arranged for limited axial displacement along the work channel axis with respect to the aperture so as to intersect the aperture plane and an anchor assembly including at least an anchoring portion and a flexible elongate portion attached thereto, the anchoring portion having a pre-anchoring operative orientation and an anchoring operative orientation. |
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