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US 10,881,440 B2Granted
Fixation systems and methods
AssigneeP Tech, LLC
InventorsPeter M. Bonutti, Matthew J. Cremens
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Abstract
Embodiments may include fixation devices and methods for securing first and second body tissue portions. Fixation devices may include a base component, an insert component, and a flexible member. The base component may include a passage. The insert component may be positionable within at least a portion of the passage. The elongate member may be configured to be positioned through the first and second body tissue portions. The elongate member may be tensioned and pinched between the base component and insert component to secure the first and second portions.
Claims20
A method for securing body tissues comprising:
- inserting a flexible fastener having a passage into a passage in a first bone portion, wherein an elongate member extends through the fastener passage, such that at least two legs of the elongate member extend from the fastener and outside the passage in the first bone portion;
- deforming the fastener from a first configuration to a second configuration to secure the fastener and the elongate member when tensioning at least one of the legs of the elongate member;
- passing at least one of the legs of the elongate member over at least one tissue;
- passing at least one of the legs of the elongate member through a bore in a first component of a two component knotless fixation device;
- inserting the two component knotless fixation device into a passage in a second bone portion;
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- securing the at least one leg of the elongate member when both the first and second components of the two component knotless fixation device are positioned in the passage in the second bone portion, wherein the elongate member presses against an external surface of the second component of the two component fixation device.
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A method for securing body tissues comprising:
- inserting a flexible fastener comprised of suture material and having a passage into a passage in first portion of a humeral head, the fastener fixed to an elongate member, such that at least two legs of the elongate member extend from the fastener;
- deforming the fastener from a first configuration to a second configuration to secure the fastener and the elongate member when tensioning at least one of the legs of the elongate member relative to the humeral head;
- passing at least one of the legs of the elongate member over at least a portion of a rotator cuff tendon and an allograft collagen matrix scaffold;
- passing at least one of the legs of the elongate member through a bore in a first component of a two component knotless fixation device;
- inserting the two component knotless fixation device into a passage in a second portion of the humeral head;
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- securing the at least one leg of the elongate member when both the first and second components of the two component knotless fixation device are positioned in the passage in the second portion of the humeral head, wherein the elongate member is configured to compress against an external surface of the second component of the two component fixation device, and
- wherein the rotator cuff tendon and allograft collagen matrix scaffold are configured to be secured to the humeral head.
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A method for securing body tissues comprising:
- inserting a flexible fastener comprised of suture material and having a passage into a first passage in first portion of a bone, the fastener connected to an elongate member, such that at least two legs of the elongate member extend from the fastener;
- deforming the fastener from a first configuration to a second configuration to secure the fastener and the elongate member when tensioning at least one of the legs of the elongate member relative to the bone;
- passing at least one of the legs of the elongate member over at least one tissue;
- passing at least one of the legs of the elongate member through at least a portion of a knotless fixation device;
- inserting the knotless fixation device into a passage in a second portion of the bone;
- securing the at least one leg of the elongate member when the knotless fixation device is positioned in the passage in the second portion of the bone;
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- stabilizing at least one of a scaffold, mesh, graft, and matrix to the tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.