Patent · US Expired

Pull-through appliance

US5116373A · kind A · utility

208Cited by

2References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Sulzer Brothers Limited · CH
PROTEK, INC. · CH

Inventors

Roland Jakob · Inzlingen, DE
Stefan Freudiger · Zollikofen, CH
Rudolf Koch · Oberhaching, DE
Hans Fluckiger · Männedorf, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 15, 1990
Grant date	May 26, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 15, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B19/00
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The pull-through appliance is made of a mesh structure formed of at least one continuous thread and a pullout thread disposed at one end of the mesh structure to prevent unraveling of the mesh structure. A hollow tube is used to facilitate drawing in of the synthetic strand and autologous strand of the prosthesis. After removal of the hollow member, the resulting package can be readily threaded through a bore in a bone. After implantation, the pull-out thread is removed and the mesh structure unraveled so as to remove the mesh structure from within the bone.

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