Apparatus and method for attaching soft tissue to bone
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1. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
- an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft, said tissue attachment means having at least one laterally-extending projection for tacking tissue, and at least one distally-projecting longitudinal projection extending from said at least one laterally-extending projection;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus.
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Abstract
An apparatus for attaching soft tissue to bone.
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1. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft, said tissue attachment means having at least one laterally-extending projection for tacking tissue, and at least one distally-projecting longitudinal projection extending from said at least one laterally-extending projection;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said expandable body comprises a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being separable from said proximal main member.
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32. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said expandable body comprises a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being separable from said proximal main member; and
wherein said distal tip member and said proximal main member are threadedly interengageable with one another.
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33. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said expandable body comprises a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being separable from said proximal main member; and
wherein said distal tip member and said proximal main member are frictionally interengageable with one another.
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34. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said expandable body comprises a distal tip member constructed from a first material and a proximal main member constructed from a second material, and wherein said first material is harder than said second material.
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35. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said expandable body comprises a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being separable from said proximal main member; and
wherein said expandable body distal tip member is tapered.
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36. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin.
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37. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said shaft is releasably attachable to said expandable body.
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38. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said shaft and said expandable body are threadedly interengageable with one another.
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39. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said shaft is provided with a tapered distal end.
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40. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said shaft extends distally beyond said expandable body when said shaft is slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body.
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41. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said apparatus further comprises a pusher member configured to drive said expander pin into said expandable body.
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42. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said apparatus further comprises a pusher member configured to drive said expander pin into said expandable body; and
wherein said pusher member slides along said shaft when driving said expander pin into said expandable body.
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43. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to -said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises a cannulated driver assembly adapted to drive said expander pin into said expandable body.
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44. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said apparatus further comprises a cannulated driver assembly adapted to drive said expander pin into said expandable body; and
wherein said cannulated driver assembly slides along a shaft connected to said expandable body.
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45. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said apparatus further comprises a cannulated driver assembly adapted to drive said expander pin into said expandable body; and
wherein said cannulated driver assembly includes a trigger for inducing the driving of said expander pin.
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46. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body defining a bore;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus;
wherein said apparatus further comprises an installation tool, and wherein said installation tool comprises a shaft sized to be slidingly received in said bore of said expandable body and a bore of said expander pin; and
wherein said apparatus further comprises a cannulated driver assembly adapted to drive said expander pin into said expandable body; and
wherein said cannulated driver assembly comprises a slap hammer.
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47. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an installation tool comprising a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end of said shaft terminating in a relatively hard distal point;
an expandable body configured to expand into bone, said expandable body comprising a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being of harder material than said proximal main member, said distal tip member having a threaded recess in a proximal surface thereof and said proximal main member having a distally extending threaded projection threadedly interengageable with the threaded recess, and an opening extending from a distal end of said expandable body to a proximal end of said expandable body, said opening being sized to receive said shaft of said installation tool, and connecting apparatus for connecting said expandable body to said shaft of said installation tool when said distal end of said shaft of said installation tool protrudes from said distal end of said expandable body;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in said opening in said expandable body and expand said expandable body radially when said expander pin is driven distally into said expandable body, and tissue attachment means associated with said shaft of said expander pin, said expander pin defining a bore sized to receive said shaft of said installation tool; and
tissue attachment means associated with at least one of said expandable body and said expander pin;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body will be attached to bone and said tissue attachment means will secure tissue to said apparatus.
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48. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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a shaft;
an expandable body configured to expand into bone and comprising a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being of harder material than said proximal main member, said distal tip member having a threaded recess in a proximal surface thereof and said proximal main member having a distally extending threaded projection threadedly interengageable with the threaded recess, and said expandable body defining an opening, and said expandable body comprising connection apparatus for connecting said shaft to said expandable body;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in said opening in said expandable body and expand said expandable body radially when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment apparatus associated with at least one of said expandable body and said expander pin;
whereby when said shaft is connected to said expandable body, and said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said shaft can provide a counterforce to said expandable body so as to counteract the driving force applied to said expander pin.
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49. Apparatus for attaching tissue to bone comprising:
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an expandable body defining a bore and configured to expand into bone, said expandable body comprising a distal tip member and a proximal main member, said distal tip member being of harder material than said proximal main member, said distal tip member having a threaded recess in a proximal surface thereof and said proximal main member having a distally extending threaded projection threadedly interengageable with the threaded recess;
an expander pin comprising a shaft sized to be received in the bore of said expandable body and expand said expandable body laterally when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body; and
tissue attachment means associated with said shaft;
whereby when said expander pin is driven into said expandable body, said expandable body is attached to the bone and said tissue attachment means secures the tissue to said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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