Patent ID: 6616665
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Abstract:
A method of rotator cuff repair using a headed bioabsorbable tissue anchor having a cannulated body having a distal end and a proximal end, a continuous thread disposed in a spiral around the body and having an outer diameter; and a disk-shaped head disposed on the proximal end of the body and having an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the thread, the anchor having at least one opening formed in the anchor for engaging a driver, the method comprising the steps of:forming a hole in bone; engaging the tissue anchor with a tissue anchor driver; and installing the headed tissue anchor through tissue and into the hole formed in the bone such that the head of the tissue anchor engages the tissue and fixates the tissue to the bone as the anchor is turned and advanced into the bone.