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US 10,299,829 B2Granted
Tissue repair system
AssigneeRonald Yamada
InventorRonald Yamada
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Abstract
An apparatus for repairing an anatomical tear, such as a tear in the meniscus of a human knee. The apparatus includes a guide cannula directing a penetrating shaft through the meniscal tear and through the outer skin layer of the knee. The penetrating shaft pulls a line to the outside of the skin layer of the knee where it is used to pull or kedge a repair implant into position across the meniscal tear.
Claims19
An apparatus for repairing a tear in an anatomical structure of a human body utilizing an implant, comprising:
- a guide component capable of insertion into the human body proximate the anatomical structure;
- a penetrating shaft being configured to pass through the guide component, the penetrating shaft capable of delivering a line through and extending beyond the human body proximate the anatomical structure;
- the line, capable of being connected to a delivery component, the line further capable of being pulled so as to move the delivery component from a first location in the human body to a second location in the human body proximate the anatomical structure;
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- the delivery component comprising a space for holding the implant, the implant capable of being implanted to repair the tear in the anatomical structure.
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An apparatus for repairing a tear in an anatomical structure of a human body, comprising:
- a penetrating shaft being configured to pass through a guide component and the anatomical structure;
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- a line being connected to the penetrating shaft, the line being configured to pass through and extending beyond the human body proximate the anatomical structure, the line capable of being connected to a delivery component, the line further capable of being pulled so as to move the delivery component from a first location in the human body to a second location in the human body proximate the anatomical structure for repairing the tear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.