Surgical Constructs for Tissue Fixation and Methods of Tissue Repairs
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorJohn W. SCHMIEDING
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Abstract
Surgical constructs, assemblies and methods of tissue fixation are disclosed. A surgical construct includes a spreadable web attached to a plurality of peripheral strands. The spreadable web is tensionable and includes one or more elastic filaments or elastic strands. At least one of the elastic filaments is coupled to the peripheral strands. The elastic filaments can extend from the peripheral strands in different directions and/or orientations. The spreadable web is expandable and can be adjusted to various widths. The spreadable web can be knotless. The spreadable web can be tensionable. The surgical construct can be attached to one or more knotted or knotless fixation devices.
Claims24
A surgical construct for knotless tissue repair comprising:
- a first suture tape separate from a second suture tape;
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- at least one elastic suture bridging the first suture tape and the second suture tape, wherein when the first suture tape and the second suture tape are separated and pulled apart, the at least one elastic suture forms a spreadable, tensionable, web.
A surgical construct for knotless tissue repair comprising:
- a single strand bifurcated into a first a first peripheral strand and a second peripheral strand;
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- an elastic suture bridging the first and second peripheral strands, the elastic suture passing through or around the first and second peripheral strands at least once and at multiple locations, to form a spreadable, tensionable web extending between the first and second peripheral strands,
- wherein, when the first peripheral strand and the second peripheral strand are separated and pulled apart, the elastic suture forms the spreadable, tensionable, web.
A method of tissue repair comprising:
- securing a spreadable expandable web to a first tissue, wherein the spreadable expandable web is formed by threading one or more elastic sutures through two separate sutures or suture tapes at different locations and a plurality of times;
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- positioning the spreadable expandable web over a second tissue to be attached or approximated to the first tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.