US 10,765,423 B2 · Suture sleeve patch and methods of delivery within an existing arthroscopic workflow

Abstract

Suture delivered patches adapted for interposition, augmentation or repair devices for use in tendon and ligament repair, including rotator cuff repair, have been developed as well as methods for their delivery using suture guided arthroscopic methods. The repair patches may be provided from suitable biocompatible materials. The patches may be delivered using anchored sutures already in use during a surgical repair including, open, minimally invasive, endoscopic, and arthroscopic repair procedures. Additionally, fixation of the suture delivered repair patch is secured along with the normal suture securing workflow of the one or more sutures used to deliver the patch.

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Dependent claims

A method of delivering a suture conduit patch to a surgical site of a suture repair procedure performed on a patient, comprising:

placing one or more suture anchors at the surgical site;
pressing or screwing one of the one or more suture anchors into a bone, a tendon, a ligament, or a muscle at the surgical site;
while the suture conduit patch is outside of the patient's body, inserting a suture secured to one of the one or more suture anchors completely through the suture conduit patch having a centrally located suture conduit with a length greater than a width and coextensive with the suture conduit patch from a proximal end to a distal end of the suture conduit patch, wherein the suture conduit patch has a flat surface extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
advancing the suture conduit patch along the suture in the centrally located suture conduit;
and
securing the suture conduit patch in the surgical site using the suture in the centrally located suture conduit.

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A method of delivering a first suture conduit patch and a second suture conduit patch to a surgical site in a patient body for a suture repair procedure, comprising:

securing a first suture anchor to a first anatomical location at the surgical site;
securing a second suture anchor to a second anatomical location at the surgical site;
while the first suture conduit patch is outside of the patient's body, inserting a first suture secured to the first suture anchor completely through a centrally located suture conduit of the first suture conduit patch, the centrally located conduit having a length greater than a width and extending through the first suture conduit patch from a proximal end to a distal end of the first suture conduit patch, wherein the first suture conduit patch has a flat side extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
advancing the first suture conduit patch along the first suture in the centrally located suture conduit to the first anatomical location at the surgical site;
while the second suture conduit patch is outside of the patient's body, inserting a second suture secured to the second suture anchor completely through a centrally located suture conduit of the second suture conduit patch, the centrally located conduit having a length greater than a width and extending through the second suture conduit patch from a proximal end to a distal end of the second suture conduit patch, wherein the second suture conduit patch has a flat side extending from the proximal end to the distal end;
and
advancing the second suture conduit patch along the second suture in the centrally located suture conduit to the second anatomical location at the surgical site.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Suture sleeve patch and methods of delivery within an existing arthroscopic workflow

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Suture sleeve patch and methods of delivery within an existing arthroscopic workflow

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