Flat suture banding system and methods
AssigneeDallen Medical, Inc.
InventorsSeth Arnold Foerster, David Trottingwolf Aldridge
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Abstract
A surgical tensioning device for holding separated tissues in contact with one another. The device comprises a frame having two opposing first and second sides and a lower surface and an upper surface, and a band for extending through and around said separated tissues to be held together in conjunction with said frame. The band has two ends releasably attached to the sides of the frame. When the ends are secured to the sides of the frame, the band holds separated tissues together and establishes a path of tension along its length that extends linearly between the two ends of the band.
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A surgical tensioning device for holding separated tissues in contact with one another, the device comprising:
- a frame having opposing first and second sides, a lower surface, and an upper surface;
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- a band for extending through and around the separated tissues to be held together, in conjunction with said frame,
- said band having a first end that is releasably securable to the first side of said frame and a second end that is releasably securable to the second side of said frame, wherein, when the first end is secured to said first side after routing the first end through and around said tissues and the second end is secured to said second side of said frame, said band holds the previously separated tissues in contact with one another and establishes a path of tension along its length that extends linearly between the two ends of the band.
A surgical tensioning device for holding separated tissues in contact with one another, the device comprising:
- a frame, said frame having two opposing first and second sides, said first side comprising a rigid first member, a lower surface, and an upper surface;
- a band for extending through and around said separated tissues to be held together in conjunction with said frame, said band having a first end that is releasably securable to the first side of said frame at said first member, and a second end that is releasably securable to the second side of said frame, wherein, when the first end is secured to said first side after routing the first end through and around said tissues and the second end is secured to said second side of said frame, said band holds said separated tissues together and establishes a path of tension along its length that extends linearly between the two ends of the band;
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- a bar moveably attached parallel to the second side of said frame via a bar attachment, said bar and attachment being adapted to hold said tension by pinching said second band end between said bar and second frame side.
A method of repairing separated tissues using a tissue tensioning device comprising a frame having opposing first and second sides, a lower surface, and an upper surface, and a band having a first end and a second end, the method comprising:
- routing a needle attached to the second end of the band through the separated tissues and into close proximity to the second side of the frame;
- separating the needle from the second end of the band;
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- securing the second end of the band to the second side of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.