Tissue-to-bone reattachment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9636100
APP PUB NO 20130085512A1
SERIAL NO

13251906

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An assembly and method for reattaching tissue to bone from which the tissue had detached including a tissue fixation member will with a narrow cross section and a suture securely attached to the fixation member, the fixation member being configured to secure the detached tissue, a suture anchor fixable in bone at the region of reattachment, the anchor having an eyelet, the anchor including a textured outer surface, the suture having a free end passable through the eyelet to enable the detached tissue to be drawn into engagement with the bone at the region of reattachment.

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SMITH & NEPHEW INC1450 BROOKS ROAD MEMPHIS TN 38116

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Ferragamo, Michael Charles Foster, US 27 311
Santangelo, Stephen Sturbridge, US 32 891
Wyman, Jeffrey Naples, US 49 1527

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