Patent ID: 8043347

Claim:
A method for fixing soft tissue, comprising: providing a self-drilling tapping screw; connecting a guide bar to the self-drilling tapping screw; fitting a sleeve on the guide bar and moving the sleeve along the guide bar to connect to the self-drilling tapping screw; moving and rotating the sleeve, enabling the self-drilling tapping screw connected thereto to sequentially penetrate the soft tissue and a compact bone and enter a cancellous bone, wherein the self-drilling tapping screw is fixed in the cancellous bone; separating the sleeve from the self-drilling tapping screw and the guide bar, and removing the sleeve from the compact bone and soft tissue; fitting a washer on the guide bar and moving the washer along the guide bar to the soft tissue, wherein the washer comprises a second central through hole; fitting a fixing pin on the guide bar and moving the fixing pin into the self-drilling tapping screw along the guide bar and through the soft tissue and compact bone, wherein the fixing pin is fit in the second central through hole of the washer and comprises a third central through hole in which the guide bar is detachably fit, and the fixing pin is fixed in the self-drilling tapping screw and abuts the washer and the self-drilling tapping screw, tightly attaching the soft tissue to the compact bone; and separating the guide bar from the self-drilling tapping screw and removing the guide bar from the compact bone and soft tissue.