Graft and scaffold acl repair system
AssigneeMiach Orthopaedics, Inc.
InventorsRita PAPARAZZO, Stephen WOHLERT
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Abstract
An arthroscopic system for the repair of a ruptured ligament is provided. Aspects of the invention include a scaffold surrounding a graft and attached by a suture to an fixation device and inserted into a repair site via arthroscopic equipment. The scaffold, the graft, and suture are further secured near or at the repair site via arthroscopic equipment having an elongated delivery member that contains the scaffold, graft, and suture prior to inserting the scaffold, graft, and suture into the repair site.
Claims43
A ligament repair system, comprising:
- a repair device configured to repair a ligament and for placement in synovial fluid, the repair device having a hydrophilic scaffold covering a graft;
- one or more suture assemblies configured to position the repair device along or adjacent to a ruptured end of a torn ligament;
- and
- a fixation device configured to couple the one or more suture assemblies to a bone.
A method for repairing an anterior cruciate ligament, comprising:
- a. inserting a repair device proximate a ruptured end of a torn ligament of a patient, the repair device comprising a combination of a scaffold and a graft;
- b. securing the repair device to a suture and a first bone with a first fixation device;
- c. coupling the repair device to a second bone with a second fixation device.
A tissue repair system, comprising:
- a repair device including:
- a graft sized and shaped for placement in a repair site of a torn tissue, and
- an implant wrapped around the graft, the implant being compressible and expandable and configured to absorb a repair material;
- at least one implant suture configured to position the implant along or adjacent to a ruptured end of the torn tissue;
- a first fixation device configured to couple the at least one implant suture to a first bone;
- at least one graft suture configured to position the graft along or adjacent to the implant or the ruptured end of the torn ligament;
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- a second fixation device configured to couple the at least one graft suture to the first bone.
A method for repairing a ruptured tissue, comprising:
- threading a first suture through a graft;
- wrapping a scaffold around the graft;
- positioning the scaffold and the graft proximate a ruptured end of the torn tissue of a patient;
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- securing the scaffold to a first bone with a first fixation device via the first suture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.