Method for installing a suture anchor through a cannulated tissue-shifting guide
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Nov 25, 1997
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Feb 21, 1996
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Feb 17, 1994
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An arthroscopic method and apparatus for implanting a suture anchor into tissue using a cannulated tissue-shifting guide. Tissue at a repair site is secured with a cannulated tissue-shifting guide. Suture material is appended to a suture anchor. The suture anchor is attached to a device driver and installed through the cannulated tissue-shifting guide at the repair site and into bone. A power drill can be attached to the device driver and used to drive the suture anchor during installation.
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