Muscle tissue anchor plate
OwnerAvinash Kumarinventor
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Abstract
A plate for use in the repair of a torn tendon or ligament and a method for using said plate are provided. The plate includes a plurality of screw holes. The plate also includes a suture anchor point disposed on the plate body. The plate further includes a porous portion configured to allow muscle tissue to migrate through the porous portion and into the bone as the tissue regrows. The method includes the step of securing the plate to a bone by inserting a bone screw and anchor screw(s) through the screw holes. The method proceeds to the step of sewing the sutures to the damaged tendon/ligament and securing the suture to the suture anchor point. Wherein the damaged tendon/ligament is attached to the plate, and wherein muscle tissue may migrate through the porous portion and into the bone as the tissue regrows.
Claims17
A plate for use with an anchor screw in the repair of muscle tissue such as a torn tendon or ligament, the anchor screw having a suture fixed thereto, the plate comprising:
- a plate body;
- a plurality of screw holes;
- a porous portion, the porous portion surrounding at least one of the plurality of screws;
- and
- a suture anchor point disposed on the plate body, the suture configured to be secured to the suture anchor point.
A method for repairing a damaged muscle tissue adjacent a skeletal structure, the method comprising the step of:
- providing a bone screw and an anchor screw, the anchor screw having a suture;
- providing a plate, the plate having a bone screw hole for receiving the bone screw and an anchor screw hole for receiving the anchor screw, the plate having a porous portion surrounding the anchor screw holes, the porous portion is configured to allow muscle tissue to migrate through the plate body and into the bone, the plate further including a suture anchor point disposed on the plate, the suture anchor point configured to receive a free end of a suture so as to secure the suture to the plate after the suture has been sewn into the damaged tissue
- securing the plate to the skeletal structure by screwing the anchor screw and bone screw into the skeletal structure through a respective anchor screw hole and bone screw hole;
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- sewing the suture to the damaged muscle tissue, and securing the free end of the suture to the suture anchor point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.