Suture for soft tissue repair
OwnerLee D. Kaplaninventor
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Abstract
A method for repairing a soft tissue includes boring a first nest in a portion of a bone at a first location, boring a second nest through a portion of the bone at a second location, shuttling a suture from a top surface of the soft tissue to a bottom surface of the soft tissue, disposing a first suture anchor in the first nest and fixating the first suture anchor to the first location, passing the suture through the first suture anchor, the bottom surface of the soft tissue and the top surface of the soft tissue to form a medial row, disposing a second suture anchor in the second nest and fixating the second suture anchor to the second location, passing the suture through the second suture anchor from the top surface of the soft tissue to form a lateral row, and tensioning the suture.
Claims13
A method for repairing a soft tissue comprising:
- boring a first nest in a portion of a bone at a first location;
- boring a second nest through a portion of the bone at a second location;
- shuttling a suture from a top surface of the soft tissue to a bottom surface of the soft tissue;
- disposing a first suture anchor in the first nest and fixating the first suture anchor to the first location;
- passing the suture through the first suture anchor, the bottom surface of the soft tissue and the top surface of the soft tissue to form a medial row;
- disposing a second suture anchor in the second nest and fixating the second suture anchor to the second location;
- passing the suture through the second suture anchor from the top surface of the soft tissue to form a lateral row;
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- tensioning the suture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.