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US 10,299,782 B2Granted
Meniscal repair devices, systems, and methods
AssigneeMedos International Sarl
InventorsMehmet Z. Sengun, David B. Spenciner, Richard M. Lunn, Joseph Hernandez
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Abstract
Meniscal repair devices, systems, and methods are provided.
Claims5
A surgical method, comprising:
- advancing a needle having first and second pledgets releasably mated thereto through a tissue of a patient to move the first pledget through the tissue to a far side of the tissue, the first pledget being releasably mated to the needle by a press fit of a suture between the first pledget and the needle, and the second pledget being releasably mated to the needle by a press fit of the suture between the second pledget and the needle;
- retracting the needle through the tissue, the first pledget remaining on the far side of the tissue and the suture extending through the tissue from the first pledget;
- after the retraction of the needle, advancing the needle through the tissue again to move the second pledget through the tissue to the far side of the tissue;
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- retracting the needle again through the tissue, the second pledget remaining on the far side of the tissue and the suture extending through the tissue from the second pledget.
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