Surgical screw hole liner devices and related methods
AssigneeWoven Orthopedic Technologies, LLC
InventorsA. ALEXANDER JONES, Anthony Viscogliosi
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Abstract
A sleeve system for lining a hole of a surgical screw in a bone or tissue of a subject includes a woven sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body. The elongated body has an interior portion. The first end includes an aperture that accesses the interior portion. The sleeve system also includes a protective tip that may be inserted through the aperture of the first end of the sleeve. The protective tip at least partially protects tissue of the subject from a screw positioned within the sleeve.
Claims17
A sleeve system for lining a hole of a surgical screw in a bone or tissue of a subject, comprising:
- a woven sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body with an interior portion, the first end having an aperture accessing the interior portion;
- and
- a protective tip that is insertable through the aperture of the first end of the sleeve,
- wherein the protective tip at least partially protects tissue of the subject from a screw positioned within the sleeve.
A method of lining a hole for a surgical screw in a bone or tissue of a subject, comprising:
- providing at least one woven sleeve, the at least one woven sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body with an interior portion, the first end having an aperture accessing the interior portion;
- inserting a protective tip into the aperture of the first end;
- and
- positioning the second end of the at least one woven sleeve in a desired position within the bone or tissue of the subject by pushing the protective tip with a rod,
- wherein the at least one woven sleeve is formed from a plurality of suture material.
A sleeve system for lining a hole of a surgical screw in a bone or tissue of a subject, comprising:
- a woven sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body with an interior portion, the first end having an aperture accessing the interior portion;
- and
- a protective cap positioned in the second end of the woven sleeve,
- wherein the protective cap at least partially protects tissue of the subject from a screw positioned within the sleeve.
A method of lining a hole for a surgical screw in a bone or tissue of a subject, comprising:
- providing at least one woven sleeve, the at least one woven sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body with an interior portion, the first end having an aperture accessing the interior portion;
- providing a protective cap configured to fit in the second end of the at least one woven sleeve;
- and
- positioning the second end of the at least one woven sleeve in a desired position within the bone or tissue of the subject.
A surgical screw system comprising:
- a plurality of woven sleeves, each woven sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body with an interior portion, the first end having an aperture accessing the interior portion, and the second end being at least partially closed, at least one of the plurality of woven sleeves being configured to be inserted into at least one other of the plurality of woven sleeves such that an outer-most sleeve of the plurality of woven sleeves is positioned in or between a bone or tissue of a subject;
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- a surgical screw configured to be inserted within an inner-most sleeve of the plurality of woven sleeves.
A method of implanting a surgical screw within or between a bone or tissue of a subject, comprising:
- inserting a plurality of woven sleeves into the bone or tissue of the subject, each of the plurality of woven sleeves having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body with an interior portion, the first end having an aperture accessing the interior portion, and the second end being at least partially closed, a first woven sleeve of the plurality of woven sleeves being inserted into or between the bone or tissue of the subject, and one or more subsequent woven sleeves of the plurality of woven sleeves being inserted into the interior portion of an immediately-preceding woven sleeve of the plurality of woven sleeves to be inserted;
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- inserting the surgical screw within the inner most sleeve of the plurality of woven sleeves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.