Patent 7144414 was granted and assigned to Smith & Nephew on December, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Surgical instruments and methods are provided. In one aspect, a method of securing a fixation device within an opening in a tissue is provided, including delivering a material in a flowable state to said opening, and changing the state of the material so that the material forms an interference fit that secures the fixation device in the opening.