Patent ID: 6319270
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Abstract:
A headed bioabsorbable tissue anchor for attaching soft tissue to bone without using suture, the tissue anchor, comprising:a fully cannulated body formed of a bioabsorbable material, the body having a distal end and a proximal end;a continuous thread disposed in a spiral around the body and having an outer diameter;a disk-shaped head disposed on the proximal end of the body for engaging soft tissue and holding the soft tissue against bone without using suture, the head having an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the thread for compressing soft tissue to bone; andat least one coupling arrangement for engaging a driver for turning the anchor, the coupling arrangement comprising at least one slot that extends completely through the head of the anchor without extending into the body of the anchor.