Claims
- 1. A method for anchoring in bone a member and attached suture, comprising the steps of:
- forming a hole in the bone;
- attaching a suture to a member;
- lodging the member within the hole by pressing the member with attached suture into the hole; and
- attaching tissue to the suture so that the tissue is secured against the bone.
- 2. A method for anchoring in bone a member and attached suture, comprising the steps of:
- forming a hole in the bone;
- attaching a suture to a member;
- lodging the member within the hole by pressing the member with attached suture into the hole; and
- deforming the member in a manner such that the member resiles against the portion of the bone that defines the hole.
- 3. A method for anchoring in bone a member and attached suture, comprising the steps of:
- forming a hole in the bone;
- attaching a suture to a member by threading the suture through a passage in the member so that neither end of the suture is fastened to the member; and
- lodging the member within the hole by pressing the member with attached suture into the hole.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the tissue is a non-bony tissue.
- 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the tissue is a member of the group consisting of cartilage, tendon, or ligament.
- 6. A method of anchoring in bone a member and attached suture, comprising the steps of:
- providing a deformable member having a width dimension "D";
- attaching a suture to the member;
- forming a hole in a bone in a manner such that the hole has a diameter that is not greater than the width dimension "D"; and
- inserting the member into the hole with the member oriented such that the member lodges within the hole in the absence of any manipulation of the member other than inserting the member into the hole.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the attaching step includes threading the suture through the member so that the suture defines two contiguous segments extending from the member.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application No. 07/192,813, filed Apr. 20, 1988, now abandoned, which was a continuation-in-part of application No. 06/848,341, filed Apr. 4, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,741,330, which is a continuation of Application Ser. No. 07/496,116, filed May 19, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application Ser. No. 07/380,043, filed May 20, 1982, now abandoned.
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