Systems and methods for fixing soft tissue
AssigneeLmt, LLC
InventorsGraham C. Langley, Jesse A. McCarron
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for fixing soft tissue are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, soft tissue may be fixed to an attachment surface (such as bone, other soft tissue, other implants, or allograft or xenograft materials) by providing a helical suture in the soft tissue, wherein the soft tissue has a longitudinal axis along which the soft tissue undergoes tension under normal physiological conditions, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the helical suture in the soft tissue is oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the soft tissue; and securing the helical suture to an attachment surface.
Claims10
An insertion instrument, comprising:
- a needle assembly having a helix-shaped needle and a body;
- a slide component in which the body of the needle assembly is at least partially disposed;
- a trigger lever coupled to the slide component;
- and a rear handle, wherein linearly translating the trigger lever toward the rear handle causes translation of the slide component rearward and causes the helix-shaped needle to rotate, wherein the slide component is configured such that translation of the slide component causes rotation of the needle assembly.
An insertion instrument, comprising:
- a needle assembly having a helix-shaped needle and a body;
- a slide component in which the body of the needle assembly is at least partially disposed;
- a trigger lever coupled to the slide component;
- a rear handle, wherein linearly translating the trigger lever toward the rear handle causes the helix-shaped needle to rotate;
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- a gripping portion coupled to the trigger lever, wherein rotating the trigger lever around a longitudinal axis of the helix-shaped needle causes the gripping portion to close.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.