BONE BINDING BRAID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BONE BINDING BRAID

摘要

A bone binding braid (1, 11, 12) has a braid main body (2). The braid main body (2) is composed of multiple base wires (21). The base wires (21) are woven to form the hollow braid main body (2). Each of the base wires (21) is composed of one or multiple metallic filaments. A penetrating blade (3) is provided at one end of the braid main body (2), and a buckle (4) is provided at the other end of the braid main body (2). When it is intended to bind a breast bone (5) which has been cut, a physician allows the braid main body (2) to pass around the breast bone (5) while incising tissues surrounding the breast bone (5) with the penetrating blade (3). At this time, the braid main body (2) extends in the length direction while keeping the cross-sectional shape of the braid main body (2) in a circular or oval shape. Therefore, the braid main body (2) hardly damages the tissues. Thereafter, when the physician allows one end of the braid main body (2) to pass through a long hole (41) in the buckle (4) and then pulls the one end, the braid main body (2) is pushed against the periphery of the breast bone (5) while further extending, resulting in the deformation of the braid main body (2) into a flat plate-like shape. In this manner, the breast bone (5) can be bound stably.