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Number: 606/232
Name: Surgery > Instruments > Suture retaining means (e.g., buttons)
Description: Subject matter wherein means is provided to restrain, hold or otherwise maintain a suture in place upon the body.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
6245081 Suture buttress Jun. 12, 2001
6245073 Retainer for tendons used in the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee Jun. 12, 2001
6241749 Adjustable tension device for sutures Jun. 5, 2001
6231592 Method and apparatus for securing a suture May. 15, 2001
6228096 Instrument and method for manipulating an operating member coupled to suture material while maintaining tension on the suture material May. 8, 2001
6214031 Corkscrew suture anchor Apr. 10, 2001
6203565 Surgical devices assembled using heat bondable materials Mar. 20, 2001
6200330 Systems for securing sutures, grafts and soft tissue to bone and periosteum Mar. 13, 2001
6200329 Suture collet Mar. 13, 2001
6187008 Device for temporarily fixing bones Feb. 13, 2001
6187009 Osteosynthesis implant Feb. 13, 2001
6183486 Device and method for minimizing heart displacements during a beating heart surgical procedure Feb. 6, 2001
6183479 Installation tool for suture anchor Feb. 6, 2001
6174324 Suture guide and fastener Jan. 16, 2001
6174323 Method and assembly for lung volume reduction Jan. 16, 2001
6165203 Suture anchor installation devices and methods Dec. 26, 2000
6165204 Shaped suture clip, appliance and method therefor Dec. 26, 2000
6161541 Hyoid expansion and suspension procedure Dec. 19, 2000
6159234 Method and apparatus for securing a suture Dec. 12, 2000
6159235 Selflock anchor screw Dec. 12, 2000
6156056 Suture buttress Dec. 5, 2000
RE36974 Suture anchor Nov. 28, 2000
6152949 Method for securing tissue with anchor Nov. 28, 2000
6152928 Ligament fixation device and method Nov. 28, 2000
6149669 Surgical fastener assembly method of use Nov. 21, 2000
6149653 Self-retaining anchor track and method of making and using same Nov. 21, 2000
6146408 Apparatus and method for anchoring sutures Nov. 14, 2000
6146407 Suture anchor installation devices and methods Nov. 14, 2000
6146406 Bone anchor Nov. 14, 2000
6143017 Free loop knotless suture anchor assembly Nov. 7, 2000
6139565 Suture anchor assembly Oct. 31, 2000
6126677 Suture fastener and instrument Oct. 3, 2000
6117160 Bone suture Sep. 12, 2000
6117161 Fastener and fastening method, particularly for fastening sutures to bone Sep. 12, 2000
6117163 Catheter securement device Sep. 12, 2000
6117162 Corkscrew suture anchor Sep. 12, 2000
6110207 Implant for securing a tendon replacement member Aug. 29, 2000
6106545 Suture tensioning and fixation device Aug. 22, 2000
6102934 Anchor tool and method and apparatus for emplacing anchor in a borehole Aug. 15, 2000
6099553 Suture clinch Aug. 8, 2000
6096060 Bioabsorbable threaded soft tissue anchor system Aug. 1, 2000
6093201 Biocompatible absorbable polymer plating system for tissue fixation Jul. 25, 2000
6086591 Soft tissue anchor Jul. 11, 2000
6086608 Suture collet Jul. 11, 2000
6083244 Apparatus and method for tendon or ligament repair Jul. 4, 2000
6080185 Stop mechanism and method therefor Jun. 27, 2000
6077292 Method and apparatus for anchoring a suture Jun. 20, 2000
6074409 Soft tissue suture anchor Jun. 13, 2000
6068648 Tissue anchoring system and method May. 30, 2000
6066160 Passive knotless suture terminator for use in minimally invasive surgery and to facilitate standard tissue securing May. 23, 2000

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