Strong porous trans-tendon repair device with suture tails
OwnerDale R. Peterson, Peter Popper +4inventors
InventorsDale R. Peterson, Peter Popper, Justin C. Anderson, Kevin Ohashi, Ralph Mattern, Jamal Rushdy
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Abstract
This reinforcing band (1) for restoring a soft tissue, such as a tendon or a ligament, comprises a textile component with at least one free edge (2, 4). In addition, the or each free edge is folded back into an inner volume of the textile component in such a way as to define an attachment edge (6, 8) suitable for attachment to the soft tissue.
Claims20
A reinforcing band for restoring a soft tissue, such as a tendon or ligament, comprising:
- a textile component with at least one free edge, wherein the at least one free edge is folded back into an inner volume of the textile component;
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- a suture coupled to the textile component at a location at which the at least one free edge is folded back into the inner volume of the textile component.
A method for making a reinforcing band for restoring a soft tissue, such as a tendon or ligament, the method comprising:
- forming a textile component with at least one free edge;
- folding the at least one free edge back into an inner volume of the textile component;
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- coupling a suture to the textile component at a location at which the at least one free edge is folded back into the inner volume of the textile component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.