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US 2024/0197314 A1Published application
Knotless All-Inside Suture Constructs and Methods of Tissue Fixation
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsSamuel BACHMAIER, Raphael HAHN, Dominik STEFFENS
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Abstract
Knotless, all inside self-locking constructs and methods of tissue repairs are disclosed herein. A flexible strand can be passed through a friction-based locking mechanism to create a plurality of closed, knotless, continuous, adjustable, flexible loops having adjustable perimeters, the loops being located between a loop interconnection and two terminal ends.
Claims23
A surgical construct, comprising:
- a flexible strand having a first end and a second end;
- a loop interconnection between the first end and the second end;
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- a locking mechanism between the loop interconnection and the first end and the second end.
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A self-locking tensionable construct for tissue repair comprising:
- a flexible strand extending through a friction-based locking mechanism and forming two flexible, continuous, closed, adjustable, knotless loops each having an adjustable length;
- a loop interconnection;
- and two terminal ends, wherein each terminal end is passed at least once through the friction-based locking mechanism to each form a plurality of locking points.
A method of forming a knotless self-locking repair, comprising:
- passing a first end of a flexible strand through a locking mechanism to form a first plurality of locking points, and a first flexible, continuous, closed, adjustable, knotless loop having an adjustable length;
- passing a second end of the flexible strand through the first flexible, continuous, closed, adjustable, knotless loop and through the locking mechanism to form a second plurality of locking points, and a second flexible, continuous, closed, adjustable, knotless loop having an adjustable length;
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- tensioning the repair by pulling on at least one of the first end and the second end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.