Surgical procedures and instruments

US7144414B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. · US

Inventors

• Fraser Harvie · Scotland, GB
• Graham Smith · Plaistow, US
• Philip B. Sample · Haverhill, US
• Gary R. McCarthy · East Bridgewater, US
• Adam James · Burns, US
• Peter Richardson · Shoreline, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2210/0085
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Surgical instruments and methods are provided. In one aspect, a method of securing a fixation device within an opening in a tissue is provided, including delivering a material in a flowable state to said opening, and changing the state of the material so that the material forms an interference fit that secures the fixation device in the opening.