Tissue repair assembly
AssigneeArthrotek, Inc.
InventorsKevin Stone, Ryan Kaiser, Zachary Hoffman
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Abstract
A tissue repair assembly for repairing tissue. The tissue repair assembly includes a rotatable anchor for insertion through a tissue tear on a surface of the tissue, a threaded fastener for insertion into the tissue, the threaded fastener having a longitudinal bore and a plurality of apertures communicating with the bore, and a flexible member coupled to the rotatable anchor and passing through the bore such that tensioning the flexible member compresses the tear.
Claims23
A tissue repair assembly for repairing tissue comprising:
- a rotatable anchor for insertion through a tissue tear on a surface of the tissue;
- a threaded fastener for insertion into the tissue, the threaded fastener having a longitudinal bore and a plurality of apertures communicating with the bore;
- and
- a flexible member coupled to the rotatable anchor and passing through the longitudinal bore such that tensioning the flexible member compresses the tear.
A method for repairing a tear in tissue, the method comprising:
- providing an inserter having a shaft loaded with a rotatable anchor and a threaded fastener, the rotatable anchor and the threaded fastener connected with a flexible member passing through a bore of the fastener, the flexible member defining a self-locking slip knot outside the fastener and having a free end;
- deploying the rotatable anchor through a first surface of the tissue across the tear onto a second surface of the tissue;
- deploying the threaded fastener through the first surface of the tissue across the tear into the tissue;
- and
- tensioning the free end of the flexible member to reduce the tear.
A method for repairing a tear in tissue, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of rotatable anchors and a threaded fastener connected with a flexible member, the flexible member passing through a bore of the threaded fastener and defining loop terminating at a self-locking slip knot;
- inserting each rotatable anchor through a first surface of the tear onto a second surface of the tear such that the flexible member passes through the tear between successive anchors;
- inserting the threaded fastener through the first surface of the tear into the tissue;
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- tensioning the free end of the flexible member to reduce the tear and lock the slip-knot against the fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.