ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR USE IN THE IMPLANTATION OF P

专利名称：ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR USE IN THE

IMPLANTATION OF PROSTHETIC LIGAMENT

发明人：SEEDHOM, Bahaa Botros申请号：EP97943051.9申请日：19970926公开号：EP0934037B1公开日：20031203

摘要：An attachment device for use in an implantation system which includes aprosthetic ligament (21), in order to guide the ligament to a required position in a bonetunnel, formed in a bone joint (10) between two adjacent bones (11, 12), and to anchorone end of the ligament, said device comprising: an elongate guide element (25, 125)which is manipulatable between a pulling position in which its longitudinal axis extendsgenerally parallel to the pulling direction and an anchoring position in which its

longitudinal axis extends transversely of the pulling direction; a connecting loop (27, 129)of flexible and implantable material which is connected, or connectable, at one end to theguide element (25, 125) and at its other end is connectable to one end of the prostheticligament (21) to be implanted, said loop being assembled from a fibre bundle of twistedyarn; connecting apertures (26, 126) formed in the guide elements (25, 125) which permitthe loop (27, 129) to be connected thereto; and connecting means (26, 127) provided onthe guide elements (25, 125) to permit pulling means (22, 128) to be connected to theelement in order to pull the guide element, and trailing implantation system connectedthereto, through the bone tunnels with the guide element orientated so that itslongitudinal axis extends generally parallel to the pulling direction until the element

emerges from the mouth at one end of one of the tunnels, whereby the guide element ismanipulatable by the pulling means so as to overlie the mouth and thereby anchor oneend of the implantation system.

申请人：XIROS PLC

地址：GB

国籍：GB

代理机构：Orr, William McLean

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