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Channel ligament clamp

  • US 5,314,427 A
  • Filed: 10/13/1992
  • Issued: 05/24/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A ligament clamp comprising, a thin flat rectangular section of a material that is suitable for human implantation, with the opposite parallel side portions of said section of material bent at approximately right angles to form identical short parallel upstanding side walls, with said parallel side walls and the material therebetween, or web, constituting a channel section, said parallel side walls of said channel section each having a smooth flat bone engaging edge and are each of a height to contain, without crushing a section of a ligament fitted therebetween;

  • a plurality of equal length, spaced apart pointed pins, that extend beyond said parallel side walls, each said pin secured at its base to said web in a pattern to extend parallel at right angles outwardly from said web, and parallel to said side walls; and

    said web has a threaded hole formed therethrough, said pins form an array that surrounds said threaded hole, wherein said pins extend outwardly and from within said walls of said web.

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