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US 2025/0143687 A1Published application
Tissue repair systems and surgical methods
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsThomas Dooney, JR., Peter J. Dreyfuss
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Abstract
Tissue repair systems and methods are provided for reducing and fixating tissue to bone. The proposed systems and methods utilize one or more suture anchors and one or more surgical buttons for reducing and fixating the tissue to the bone. Additional suture anchors may be used as part of a multi-row fixation technique for providing a desired area of footprint compression over top of the tissue.
Claims20
A surgical method, comprising:
- inserting a first suture anchor into a bone;
- passing a first suture of the first suture anchor through a tissue;
- feeding the first suture through a surgical button;
- securing the first suture relative to the surgical button,
- inserting a second suture anchor into the bone at a position that is lateral to the first suture anchor;
- feeding a second suture of the second suture anchor through the surgical button at a different location than the first suture;
- and
- securing the second suture relative to the surgical button.
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A surgical method, comprising:
- inserting a first suture anchor into a bone;
- passing a first suture of the first suture anchor through a tissue;
- feeding the first suture through a surgical button;
- tensioning the first suture to firmly fixate the surgical button against the tissue,
- inserting a second suture anchor into the bone at a position that is lateral to the first suture anchor;
- looping a second suture of the second suture anchor about a third suture of the surgical button;
- and
- securing the second suture back to the second suture anchor.
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A tissue repair system for repairing a tissue defect, comprising:
- a suture anchor;
- and
- a surgical button including a first opening configured as a first round hole, a second opening configured as a second round hole, and a third opening configured as a semi-circular or arch-shaped slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.