SUTURE ANCHORING SYSTEM
First Claim
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1. A method of forming a surgical fastening system, comprising the steps of:
- a) placing a portion of an extruded member into a molding cavity of a mold;
b) introducing melted plastic into the molding cavity to at least partially encompass a portion of the extruded member;
c) permitting the melted plastic to solidify about the extruded number; and
d) removing the solidified plastic and encompassed extruded member from the mold.
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Abstract
A first extruded member in joined to a molded member to form an integrated component. In one exemplary form, a surgical anchor is overmolded onto the end of an extruded suture to form a suture/anchor system.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of forming a surgical fastening system, comprising the steps of:
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a) placing a portion of an extruded member into a molding cavity of a mold; b) introducing melted plastic into the molding cavity to at least partially encompass a portion of the extruded member; c) permitting the melted plastic to solidify about the extruded number; and d) removing the solidified plastic and encompassed extruded member from the mold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A surgical fastener, comprising:
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a) a first component, the first component being formed of extruded material and having a flexible, elongated configuration; and b) a second component, the second component being formed of a molded material and being overmolded to and at least partially encompassing a portion of the first component.
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- 10. A surgical faster as recited in 9 where in the second component is overmolded to an end portion of the first component.
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19. A method of approximating to areas of tissue, comprising:
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a) inserting a first anchor rigidly affixed to a first end of a suture into a first area of tissue; b) inserting a second anchor slidably connected to the suture into a secondary of tissue; and c) sliding the second anchor along the suture toward the first anchor to approximate the second area of the tissue to the first area of tissue. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A surgical connector, comprising:
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a) a suture formed of extruded material; b) a molded anchor adapted for insertion into tissue, the anchor having a longitudinally extending surface defining first and second longitudinally extending sections with and an end surface at each longitudinal end of the anchor, the first section of the anchor being overmolded onto an end portion of the suture and the second section including an opening for accommodating a length of the suture orientated in the longitudinal direction of the anchor, but also freely permitting the suture length to move relative to the anchor to an orientation substantially parallel to the anchor'"'"'s longitudinal direction. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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