Systems and methods for attaching soft tissue to an implant
AssigneeOnkos Surgical, Inc.
InventorsJohn D'Agostino, Daniel Haberman, Felasfa M. Wodajo
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Abstract
Methods for affixing soft tissue to an implant. The implant has a soft tissue attachment structure that includes a surface defining one or more troughs, and either at least one ingrowth plate spanning a portion of the trough and defining a suture tunnel between the ingrowth plate and trough for receiving a suture, or fixation bridges spanning a portion of the one or more troughs, each fixation bridge and respective trough defining a suture tunnel for receiving suture. Systems for performing the method are also disclosed.
Claims10
A method for affixing soft tissue to an implant, comprising the steps of:
- providing an implantable component having a soft tissue attachment structure including
- a surface defining a trough, and
- at least one ingrowth plate spanning a portion of the trough and defining a suture tunnel between the ingrowth plate and trough for receiving a suture;
- implanting the implantable component to skeletal bone such that soft tissue overlies the at least one ingrowth plate;
- and
- passing the suture through the trough, over the soft tissue overlying the at least one ingrowth plate, and back through the trough in a loop.
A method for affixing soft tissue to an implant, comprising the steps of:
- providing an implantable component having a soft tissue attachment structure including
- a surface defining a trough, and
- an ingrowth plate spanning a portion of the trough and defining a suture tunnel between the ingrowth plate and trough for receiving suture, wherein the ingrowth plate bows convexly away from the surface;
- implanting the implantable component to skeletal bone such that soft tissue overlies the convex ingrowth plate;
- and
- passing suture through the trough, over the soft tissue overlying the ingrowth plate, and back through the trough in a loop.
A method for affixing soft tissue to an implant, comprising the steps of:
- providing an implantable component having a soft tissue attachment structure including
- a surface defining a spaced pair of troughs;
- a first fixation bridge spanning a portion of one of the pair of troughs;
- and
- a second fixation bridge spanning a portion of the other of the pair of troughs, the second fixation bridge being separated from and non-continuous with the first fixation bridge;
- each fixation bridge and respective trough defining a suture tunnel for receiving suture;
- wherein the surface further defines a soft tissue ingrowth patch between the spaced pair of troughs;
- implanting the implantable component to skeletal bone such that soft tissue overlies the soft tissue ingrowth patch;
- and
- passing a suture through a first one of the spaced pair of troughs, over the soft tissue overlying the soft tissue ingrowth patch, and back through the first one of the spaced pair of troughs in a loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.