Tissue engagement device and method
AssigneeNewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
InventorsMatthew Pelletier, William Walsh
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Abstract
Disclosed is a soft tissue engagement device. The soft tissue engagement device includes a substantially rigid elongate body extending from a first end to a second end. The elongate body is configured to be inserted at least partially within the soft tissue, transverse to a load-bearing direction of the tissue. The elongate body is further configured to engage sutures attached to underlying suture-anchors secured to a bone, thereby to draw the soft tissue onto the bone. Also disclosed is a method for attaching soft tissue to a bone.
Claims6
A method of attaching a soft tissue to a bone, the method comprising:
- inserting a soft tissue engagement device into the soft tissue transverse to a load bearing direction of the soft tissue, wherein the soft tissue engagement device comprises a substantially rigid elongate body extending from a first end to a second end, the elongate body configured to engage sutures attached to one or more suture-anchors secured to a bone, the one or more suture anchors including one or more first suture anchors;
- passing the sutures from the one or more suture anchors through the soft tissue medially relative to the soft tissue engagement device;
- passing the sutures over the soft tissue engagement device;
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- subsequently, securing each of the sutures to one of the one or more first suture anchors or to one of one or more second suture anchors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.