Patent ID: 9017380
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical method comprising the steps of: providing a structure, said structure being a textile, porous suturing fabric; providing an implant, said implant comprising a proximal end, a distal end and a surface region, wherein exposing a surface region of hard tissue or hard tissue substitute material; positioning the structure relative to the exposed surface region of hard tissue or hard tissue substitute material; manufacturing an opening in the structure positioned relative to the exposed surface region of hard tissue or hard tissue substitute material and causing the implant to reach through the opening and to contact the hard tissue or hard tissue substitute material; fastening the implant to the hard tissue or hard tissue substitute material by: fastening the structure to the implant suturing a flexible element to the suturing fabric after the implant has been fastened to the hard tissue or hard tissue substitute material.