Devices, systems, and methods for coupling flexible filament to soft tissue
AssigneeConextions, Inc.
InventorsZackery K. Evans, Roy M. Taylor, Cody L Gehrke, Matthew J. Swift, Erik N. Kubiak
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Abstract
Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue at a soft tissue site are provided. The system includes a base member with multiple passer devices that carry a first suture therewith. The passer devices and first suture are passed through soft tissue to form loops adjacent at least a portion of the passer devices along one side of the soft tissue. A second suture is threaded through each of the loops and the passer devices are removed from the soft tissue. In this manner, first and second sutures may be coupled to the soft tissue.
Claims14
A passer device system for fixating soft tissue at a soft tissue repair site, the passer device system comprising:
- a passer base member;
- a threader base member coupled to the passer base member, the threader base member including a threader driver and a threader guide channel defined in the threader base member with a portion of the threader guide channel extending adjacent the threader driver, the threader base member defining passer holes and a suture guide slot therein;
- a threader configured to be moved through the threader guide channel and through the suture guide slot with movement of the threader driver;
- multiple passer devices extending from the passer base member and toward the threader base member such that each one of the passer devices corresponds with one of the passer holes defined in the threader base member, each of the passer devices extending with a length to a tip end and each of the passer devices defining a recess formed along the length thereof, each of the passer devices spaced from each other in a predetermined configuration;
- a first suture sized and configured to extend along the recess of each of the passer devices such that, upon the multiple passer devices moving through the soft tissue, each of the passer devices moves the first suture through corresponding holes in tissue formed by the passer devices and into a corresponding one of the passer holes defined in the threader base member so that multiple loops are formed by the first suture along each corresponding passer device;
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- a second suture configured to be temporarily coupled to the threader, the second suture sized and configured to be threaded through the suture guide slot and configured to be driven by movement of the threader such that, upon the second suture being driven through the suture guide slot, the second suture extends through each of the loops and, upon the second suture being positioned within each of the loops, the passer devices are moveable from the soft tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.