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Tissue fixation device

  • US 20060100627A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2005
  • Published: 05/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fixation device for securing tissue to a bone or repairing tissue, the fixation device comprising:

  • an anchor having a hollow body defining a longitudinal passage, the body comprising a cylindrical portion and a tapered tip portion, the cylindrical portion comprising a plurality of thin-walled window covers such that after implantation the window covers are resorbed first relative to other portions of the cylindrical portion for defining a plurality of apertures on the cylindrical portion; and

    a plug configured to be received in at least a portion of the passage.

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