Title:
【発明の名称】骨アンカー挿入具、その装填方法、骨アンカーを保持し且つ導入する方法、及び骨アンカーを骨内に挿入する方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH11502455
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A bone anchor inserter for insertion of a bone anchor into a bore in a bone, the inserter comprising a handle having a grip portion, an actuator member mounted on the handle, a sleeve fixed in the handle and extending therefrom, and a shaft fixed at one end to the actuator member and slidably movable in the sleeve. The sleeve is provided with an opening in a side wall thereof proximate, but spaced from, a free end of the sleeve. The opening facilitates loading a bone anchor therethrough and into the sleeve between a free end of the sleeve and a distal end of the shaft. The invention further contemplates a method for loading a bone anchor inserter, a method for holding and delivering a bone anchor, and a method for inserting a bone anchor in a bore in a bone.
Inventors:
Wenstrom, richard f, junior
Application Number:
JP52628397A
Publication Date:
March 02, 1999
Filing Date:
January 17, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Mitek Surgical Products Inc
International Classes:
A61B17/04; A61B17/56; (IPC1-7): A61B17/56
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (5 outside)