Tissue Repair System and Related Methods
AssigneeDunamis Medical Technologies, LLC
InventorPRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN, M.D.
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Abstract
A knotless anchor assembly method and device comprising an anchor and a compression member, wherein the anchor further comprises a pilot tip and anchor body. During procedures to tension the knotless anchor assembly, the anchor is driven into bone or other surface or component, and the tension member is urged into the anchor body recess. The compression member is secured in the anchor body to lock the tension member in place. The knotless anchor assembly gives the surgeon or user the ability to optimize tensioning by having the ability to change tension in the tension member by adjusting the compression member during or after the repair.
Claims20
A system for monitoring healing of tissue or other members of a patient's body, comprising:
- a surgical component utilized in a surgical procedure to aid in the repair of injuries to tissue, tendons, or bone, the surgical component configured to remain in the body for a period of time after completion of the surgical procedure;
- a monitoring component associated with the surgical component and having a traceable property that, when activated, is detectable to indicate a location of the monitoring component;
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- a detector configured to detect the activated traceable property of the activated monitoring component.
A method of monitoring healing of tissue or other members in a patient's body, comprising:
- providing a system for monitoring healing of tissue or other members in the patient's body, the system comprising:
- (i) a surgical component configured for use in a surgical procedure to aid in the repair of injuries to tissue, tendons, or bone, the surgical component configured to remain in the body for a period of time after completion of the surgical procedure;
- (ii) a monitoring component associated with the surgical component and having a traceable property that, when activated, is detectable to indicate a location of the monitoring component;
- and (iii) a detector configured to detect the activated traceable property of the activated monitoring component;
- implanting the surgical component into the patient's body during a surgical procedure to repair an injury to at least one of tissue, tendons, and bone;
- implanting at least one of the monitoring components within tissue, tendons, or bone in the vicinity of the surgical component;
- detecting the activated monitoring component;
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- determining the location of the activated monitoring component;
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- determining the occurrence of at least one of a healing event and a re-injury event based upon the determined location of the activated monitoring component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.