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Implant for securing a tendon replacement member

US6110207A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Juergen Eichhorn · Lappersdorf, DE
Nicola Giordano · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Karl-Ernst Kienzle · Immendingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 1998
Grant date	Aug 29, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 21, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/0882
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To be able to secure the tendon replacement member without additionally weakening the tibia in the case of an implant for securing a tendon replacement member to a channel receiving the tendon replacement member in the region of the tibia close to the knee, it is proposed that the implant is in the form of a disc with passages for threads connected to the tendon replacement member and is dimensioned so that it completely covers the outlet opening of the channel from the tibia.

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