Implantable tendon protection systems and related kits and methods
AssigneeRotation Medical, Inc.
InventorsCharles L. EUTENEUER, Thomas R. HEKTNER, Thomas A. WESTLING, Rebecca McCARVILLE, Duane FRION
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Abstract
An implantable tendon protection system includes a body adapted to be implanted within a bursa overlying a tendon of a patient to protect the tendon. The body may be fixed to the tendon with adhesive, sutures, staples, and/or anchors. A surgical kit is provided with such a tendon protection system and an insertion cannula. Methods of protecting a tendon of a patient are also disclosed.
Claims29
An implant delivery system for delivering an implant, the implant delivery system comprising:
- a delivery shaft having a proximal end and a distal end configured to be laterally inserted into a bursa in a shoulder of a patient;
- a sheath with an interior space disposed within the delivery shaft and slidable relative to the delivery shaft;
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- a sheet-like implant, wherein the sheet-like implant is adapted to be collapsed and held within the interior space of the sheath, the sheet like-implant configured to expand to an expanded configuration when the sheath slides towards the proximal end of the delivery shaft and the sheet like-implant is not held within the interior space of the sheath, wherein the system is configured to deliver the sheet-like implant to an area adjacent and substantially parallel to a supraspinatus tendon in the shoulder of the patient.
A method of treating a rotator cuff of a shoulder of a patient, comprising:
- providing an implant delivery device comprising a shaft with a distal end, a sheath comprising a lumen, and an implant, wherein the implant is constrained within the lumen of the sheath;
- laterally inserting the distal end of the shaft into a target site in the shoulder of the patient;
- pulling back on a distal end of the sheath such that the implant is released from the constrained position;
- expanding the implant to a deployed configuration, wherein the implant in the deployed configuration is substantially parallel to a supraspinatus tendon in the shoulder of the patient;
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- attaching the implant to the supraspinatus tendon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.