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Patent US9770534 - Graft fixation - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to an anchor for fixating a tissue graft to bone. The anchor includes a through hole extending an entire length of the anchor and a polymer composition having shape memory qualities. Other anchors and methods for fixating a tissue graft to bone are also disclosed....https://www.google.com/patents/US9770534?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9770534 - Graft fixation
Publication number US9770534 B2
Application number US 12/595,114
PCT number PCT/US2008/060401
Also published as DE602008006181D1, EP2150288A2, EP2150288B1, US20100145448, WO2008130954A2, WO2008130954A3
Publication number 12595114, 595114, PCT/2008/60401, PCT/US/2008/060401, PCT/US/2008/60401, PCT/US/8/060401, PCT/US/8/60401, PCT/US2008/060401, PCT/US2008/60401, PCT/US2008060401, PCT/US200860401, PCT/US8/060401, PCT/US8/60401, PCT/US8060401, PCT/US860401, US 9770534 B2, US 9770534B2, US-B2-9770534, US9770534 B2, US9770534B2
Inventors Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Malcolm Brown, Graeme Howling, Steve Fenwick, Nicholas Cotton, David Brumfield
Patent Citations (458), Non-Patent Citations (122), Classifications (15), Legal Events (1)
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