Method and device for attaching and /or joining tissue or tissue-like materials to a support
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Oct 24, 2002
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Apr 29, 2002
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Apr 20, 2000
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The invention concerns a method and a device for the securement and/or joining of tissues or tissue-similar materials on a support by laying a suture and by the use of a suturing material. The task assignment of the invention, to develop a method and a device with which the disadvantages of the state of the art are avoided and with which a reliable, and when required also a liquid-tight and/or a gas-tight securement/joining between tissues of all kinds and a suitable support, particularly also in the form of cartilage, bone hard and soft tissue, is very exactly ensured, is solved in such a way that the tissue to be secured and/or to be joined is placed onto the support, that through the tissue to be secured and/or to be joined and into the support, a first opening is made and into this a suturing material such as a thread is placed, that the thread is fixed-positioned in the opening, that the fixed-positioned thread by means of movement of the device in the suture direction to a further securement and/or joining position is tensioned, and according to the previous steps further openings are made, the thread located in each case, tensioned and fixed-positioned until the required securement/joining and/or the suture length is obtained.
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