Surgical methods for the treatment of plantar plate injury
US11172920B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/4233
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for the treatment of plantar plate injury including insertion of at least one suture anchor into a bone opening and anchoring the at least one suture anchor and thereafter threading two ends of a suture of at least one anchored suture anchor through the plantar plate and pulling the plantar plate to the bone with the opening and fix the soft tissue to that bone by tying a knot in the suture.
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