Soft and calcified tissue implants

• Main Authors: SEID, CHRISTOPHER, BUSKIRK, DAYNA, WIRONEN, JOHN F, SCURTI, GINA, GROSS, JAMES M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.09.2009
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; ENZYMOLOGY; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; PROSTHESES; SPIRITS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to an assemblable fixation plug for attachment with at least one length of flexible material, comprising a first and a second segment, wherein when a section of said flexible material is placed between the inner mating surfaces of the first and second segments, and the segments are joined so the at least one hole receives the at least one protrusion, said section of flexible material is compressed.