Patent ID: 6149669
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for fastening a first bio-organic tissue member to a second bio-organic tissue member comprising:forming a first opening in the first tissue member and an aligned first borehole in the second tissue member;inserting a first suture anchor, coupled by a suture to a second suture anchor, through the first opening in the first member into the aligned borehole in the second member and securing the first suture anchor in the borehole;the suture attached to the first suture anchor thereby passing out of the first borehole through the first hole in the first member;forming a second hole in the first member and an aligned second borehole in the second member;inserting the second suture anchor through the second opening in the first member into the second borehole in the second member and securing the second suture anchor in the second borehole with a preset tension in the suture connecting the first and second suture anchors together, the suture spanning across a proximal surface of the first member thereby to hold the first member securely to the second member.