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Surgical implant

US9839458B2 · kind B2 · utility

17Cited by

15References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

CC Innovation · AT

Inventors

Nicolas Bouduban · Lenzburg, CH
Beat Lechmann · Gossau, CH
Patrick Burki · Gossau, CH
Christian Fink · Innsbruck, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2011
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB25D1/16
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical implant for fixing a soft tissue to a bone comprising a staple and a plate. The staple and the plate are positionable on an instrument in such a way that the plate may be manipulated with the instrument to hold the soft tissue against the bone and in such a way that the staple is fixable to the bone with the plate positioned between a bridge of the staple and the soft tissue when legs of the staple are driven through the plate and into the bone.

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