Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical fastening
- Patent Title (中): 手术紧固
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Application No.: US13213966Application Date: 2011-08-19
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Publication No.: US08926661B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: George J. Sikora , James J. Sullivan , Pascal Boileau , Stephen Anthony Santangelo
- Applicant: George J. Sikora , James J. Sullivan , Pascal Boileau , Stephen Anthony Santangelo
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Burns & Levinson LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia; Michael A. Mattoni
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/68

Abstract:
A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120310279A1 SURGICAL FASTENING Public/Granted day:2012-12-06
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