Patent ID: 8992537
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61B,D04C,D10B

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically micro-loading a fastener into a bone hole using a woven retention device, the method comprising: inserting a woven retention device into a bone hole, the woven retention device having a substantially homogeneous and uniformly, radially distributed pattern of a plurality of interwoven filaments that result in a first spatial relationship of the filaments, apertures, and protuberances, the protuberances being formed at intersections of the interwoven filaments; applying pressure from an interfacing surface of a fastener to an interior surface of the woven retention device; and distributing pressure from the interior surface of the woven retention device to an exterior surface of the woven retention device for transmission of pressure to a bone surface of the bone hole, wherein the pressure from the fastener changes the first spatial relationship of the filaments, apertures, and protuberances of the woven retention device into a second spatial relationship of the filaments, apertures, and protuberances according to a function of bone density and according to a function of a shape of the interfacing surface of the fastener, the changes from the first spatial relationship to the second spatial relationship fostering interdigitation between the woven retention device and the bone surface of the bone hole, and wherein the intersections of the interwoven filaments result in at least three different levels of thicknesses of protuberances.