Device for anchoring an elongated tensile flexible element for reconstruction of a torn ligament
AssigneeCitieffe S.R.L.
InventorsAlan Dovesi, Franco Mingozzi
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Abstract
A device for anchoring an end of an elongated tensile flexible element guided along a tunnel provided through the bones of a joint for reconstruction of a ligament, comprising a female element, which defines an internal thread and can be inserted in the tunnel, and a male element, which defines an external thread and is suitable to be screwed with play into the female element so as to secure the elongated element between the internal and external threads.
Claims9
A device for anchoring an end of an elongated tensile flexible element guided along a tunnel formed through the bones of a joint for reconstruction of a ligament, comprising a female element, which defines an internal thread and can be inserted in said tunnel, and a male element, which defines an external thread and is adapted to be screwed with play into said female element so as to secure said elongated element between said internal and external threads.
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