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US 2020/0261072 A1Published application
Methods for knotless tissue repair
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsDuane George Beaulier, Marc Joseph Balboa, Geoffrey Karasic, Christopher Michael Connolly
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Abstract
Methods for superior capsular repair use knotless anchors on the glenoid row to simplify graft shuttling and reduce the number of sutures required to complete the repair. A single suture knotlessly attached to the graft and to a glenoid row anchor is the primary pulley used to shuttle the graft into the joint Other sutures attached to the graft may be placed in working portals to add further control over the graft orientation.
Claims18
A method of tissue repair comprising:
- forming at least a first bone hole, a second bone hole and a third bone hole in a first bone, the second bone hole located between the first bone hole and the third bone hole;
- forming at least a first tissue hole, a second tissue hole and a third tissue hole in a first end of a graft, each of the tissue holes corresponding to a respective one of the bone holes;
- attaching a suture to each of the tissue holes such that two suture limbs extend from each tissue hole;
- inserting a first anchor into the second bone hole in the first bone, the first anchor attached to the two suture limbs of the suture attached to the second tissue hole;
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- tensioning the suture limbs attached to the first anchor and the second tissue hole to approximate the tissue to the first bone.
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