To provide tissue anchors and tools for inserting the tissue anchors.
A surgical tool 100 includes a shaft for receiving implants. The shaft defines a non-linear track 148, 144, 142. The tool includes a deployment member movable along the track to deploy the implants 130. The implant includes a body, and a plurality of alternating threads and flutes helically arranged about the body such that the body rotates under a linear applied force. Alternatively, an implant includes a body having a distal end for pound-in advancement into tissue. A surgical tool includes two implants. The first implant has forward threads and the second implant has reverse threads. The first implant has threads for rotary advancement into tissue and the second implant is configured for pound-in advancement into tissue.
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SIKORA GEORGE
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Shigeru Sakuma