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Method of using ultrasonic vibration to secure body tissue

  • US 6,368,343 B1
  • Filed: 03/13/2000
  • Issued: 04/09/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of securing a suture relative to body tissue, said method comprising the steps of providing a suture retainer having first and second openings, providing a suture having first and second sections, positioning the suture relative to body tissue with the first and second sections of the suture extending from the body tissue, positioning the first section of the suture in the first opening in the suture retainer, positioning the second section of the suture in the second opening in the suture retainer, transmitting ultrasonic vibratory energy to the suture retainer, and gripping the first and second sections of the suture with the suture retainer by plastically deforming material of the suture retainer to close the first opening and to close the second opening.

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