Patent ID: 6673094
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:an expander pin having a passageway formed therein, said passageway configured to receive suture; an expandable body configured to receive said expander pin; said expander pin expanding said expandable body when said expander pin is received in said expandable body; a first given position of said expander pin relative to said expandable body and a second given position of said expander pin relative to said expandable body, said passageway being disposed in a substantially open configuration at said first given position so as to allow sliding movement of the suture relative to said expander pin, and said passageway being disposed in a substantially closed configuration at said second given position so as to bind the suture relative to said expander pin; an installation tool adapted to releaseably attach to said expandable body; and said installation tool including a pusher for driving said expander pin into said expandable body.