Device and method for fixating a suture anchor in hard tissue
AssigneeSportwelding GmbH
InventorsJorg Mayer, Mario Lehmann, Stephanie Goebel-Mehl, Andreas Wenger
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Abstract
A tool for fixating a suture anchor in a hard tissue opening with the aid of a material having thermoplastic properties and energy transmitted to the suture anchor for in situ liquefaction of at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties, includes a distal face, an axial channel and a substantially tube-shaped interface piece fitting into the axial channel of the tool, wherein the axial channel and a proximal end of the interface piece are equipped with catch elements cooperating for catching the interface piece in the axial channel when the interface piece is moved in a proximal direction in the axial channel.
Claims13
A device for fixating a suture anchor in a hard tissue opening with the aid of a material having thermoplastic properties and energy transmitted to the suture anchor for in situ liquefaction of at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties, the device comprising:
- a tool comprising a distal tool face and an axial channel with a distal mouth located in the distal tool face, and
- a substantially tube-shaped interface piece fitting into the axial channel of the tool,
- wherein the axial channel and the interface piece are equipped with catch elements cooperating for catching a proximal end of the interface piece in the axial channel when the interface piece is moved in a proximal direction in the axial channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.