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US 11,690,612 B2Granted
Self-locking surgical constructs and methods of use
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsDaniel T. Grunden, Samuel Bachmaier
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Abstract
Surgical constructs that at least one fixation device, at least one flexible strand the forms at least one adjustable loop, and a self-locking mechanism, and methods of tissue repair using the same.
Claims13
A surgical construct, comprising:
- at least one fixation device;
- at least one flexible strand that forms at least two adjustable loops on a side of the at least one fixation device, the at least two adjustable loops being interlocked with one another on the side of the at least one fixation device;
- and a self-locking mechanism including one or more self-locking splices, one or more finger trap mechanism, or a combination of one or more self-locking splice and one or more finger trap mechanism on the same side of the at least one fixation device as the at least two adjustable loops.
A surgical construct, comprising:
- at least one fixation device;
- at least one flexible strand that forms at least one adjustable loop, the adjustable loop being coupled to the at least one fixation device;
- and
- a self-locking mechanism including one or more self-locking splices, one or more finger trap mechanisms, or a combination of one or more self-locking splices and one or more finger trap mechanisms, wherein the self-locking mechanism comprises one of the self-locking splices merged with one of the finger trap mechanisms.
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A surgical construct, comprising:
- at least one fixation device;
- at least one flexible strand that forms at least one two adjustable loops, the at least two adjustable loops being coupled to the at least one fixation device;
- and
- a self-locking mechanism including one or more self-locking splices, one or more finger trap mechanisms, or a combination of one or more self-locking splices and one or more finger trap mechanisms, wherein the self-locking mechanism comprises one of the finger trap mechanisms and receives the two adjustable loops of the flexible strand.
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A surgical construct, comprising:
- at least one fixation device;
- at least one flexible strand that forms at least one adjustable loop, the adjustable loop being coupled to the at least one fixation device;
- and
- a self-locking mechanism including one or more self-locking splices, one or more finger trap mechanisms, or a combination of one or more self-locking splices and one or more finger trap mechanisms, wherein the self-locking mechanism comprises first and second finger trap mechanisms that each receive an adjustable loop of the flexible strand.
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A surgical construct, comprising:
- at least one fixation device for fixing tissue to bone;
- at least two flexible strands, each of the at least two flexible strands forming at least one adjustable loop, the adjustable loop formed by each of the flexible strands being coupled to the at least one fixation device;
- and
- a self-locking mechanism including one or more self-locking splices, one or more finger trap mechanisms, or a combination of one or more self-locking splices and one or more finger trap mechanisms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.