Soft tissue repair using a porous coated implant
AssigneeEncore Medical, L.P.
InventorJohn Vinciguerra
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Abstract
Embodiments of this application relate to the use of porous coating implants to repair soft tissue injuries. Implant frames are coated with a porous coating, such as a titanium porous coating, for example, on both the bone-facing and the soft tissue-facing sides of the implant. The implant may then be sandwiched between the bone and soft tissue so that the bone grows into one side, and the soft tissue grows into the other side.
Claims17
A method of attaching a soft tissue to a bone, the method comprising:
- forming a depression in the bone underneath an anatomical footprint of the soft tissue;
- positioning an implant within the depression, the implant comprising:
- an implant frame having a plurality of apertures arranged in concentric circles around a central aperture, and
- a porous coating disposed over the implant frame and extending through the plurality of apertures and the central aperture;
- and
- compressing the soft tissue against the implant.
A method of attaching soft tissue to a bone, the method comprising:
- inserting an anchor into the bone;
- lifting soft tissue away from the bone;
- positioning an implant on a bone surface underneath an anatomical footprint of the soft tissue, the implant comprising:
- an implant frame having a plurality of apertures arranged in concentric circles around a central aperture, and
- a porous coating disposed over the implant frame and extending through the plurality of apertures and the central aperture;
- stitching a suture to the soft tissue;
- tensioning the suture to compress the soft tissue against the implant;
- and
- attaching the suture to the inserted anchor.
A method of attaching soft tissue to a bone, the method comprising:
- lifting the soft tissue away from the bone;
- inserting a first bone anchor into the bone underneath an anatomical footprint of the soft tissue;
- positioning an implant on a surface of the bone underneath the anatomical footprint of the soft tissue, the implant comprising:
- an implant frame having a plurality of apertures arranged in concentric circles around a central aperture, and
- a porous coating disposed over the implant frame and extending through the plurality of apertures and the central aperture;
- passing a suture from the first bone anchor through the soft tissue;
- inserting a second bone anchor into the bone, beyond the anatomical footprint of the soft tissue;
- tensioning the suture to compress the soft tissue against the implant and the bone;
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- securing the tensioned suture to the second bone anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.