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US 2017/0303907 A1Published application
Meniscal repair devices, systems, and methods
AssigneeMedos International Sarl
InventorsMehmet Z. Sengun, David B. Spenciner, Richard M. Lunn, Joseph Hernandez
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Abstract
Meniscal repair devices, systems, and methods are provided.
Claims28
A surgical system, comprising:
- a pledget configured to be implanted in a body of a patient, the pledget having an inner lumen extending therethrough such that the pledget is cannulated, the pledget having a longitudinal axis, the pledget having a first plurality of holes formed through a sidewall of the pledget on a first side thereof, the pledget having a second plurality of holes formed through the sidewall of the pledget on a second side thereof, the first side being opposite to the second side, and each of the first plurality of holes being aligned with a corresponding one of the second plurality of holes.
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A surgical method, comprising:
- advancing a needle having first and second pledgets releasably mated thereto through a tissue of a patient to move the first pledget through the tissue to a far side of the tissue, the first pledget being releasably mated to the needle by a press fit of a suture between the first pledget and the needle, and the second pledget being releasably mated to the needle by a press fit of the suture between the second pledget and the needle;
- retracting the needle through the tissue, the first pledget remaining on the far side of the tissue and the suture extending through the tissue from the first pledget;
- after the retraction of the needle, advancing the needle through the tissue again to move the second pledget through the tissue to the far side of the tissue;
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- retracting the needle again through the tissue, the second pledget remaining on the far side of the tissue and the suture extending through the tissue from the second pledget.
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A surgical method, comprising:
- advancing a first needle having a first pledget releasably mated thereto through a tissue of a patient to move the first pledget through the tissue to a far side of the tissue, the first pledget being coupled to a suture that is also coupled to a second pledget;
- removing the first needle from the patient, the first pledget remaining within the patient on the far side of the tissue and the suture extending through the tissue from the first pledget;
- advancing a second needle having the second pledget releasably mated thereto through the tissue to move the second pledget through the tissue to the far side of the tissue;
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- removing the second needle from the patient, the second pledget remaining within the patient on the far side of the tissue and the suture extending through the tissue from the second pledget.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.