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US 2026/0306092 A1Published application
Surgical Constructs and Methods of Tissue Fixation
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsLoren D. CROOK, Lionel NEYTON
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Abstract
Knotless or knotted hybrid cerclage constructs and methods of tissue repairs are disclosed herein.
Claims21
A cerclage construct comprising:
- a flexible coupler connected to a first soft anchor and to a second soft anchor by a plurality of closed, continuous, flexible, knotless, adjustable loops with an adjustable perimeter;
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- a hard-body fixation device.
A surgical assembly for bone cerclage repairs, comprising:
- a first fixation device and a second fixation device, each consisting essentially of suture;
- and a flexible coupler passed through the first fixation device and through the second fixation device, the flexible coupler forming in a knotless manner a plurality of continuous, adjustable, tensionable, flexible loops extending between the first fixation device and the second fixation device;
- and
- a screw.
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A method of tissue repair comprising:
- inserting a hard-body fixation device within a first tissue and a second tissue;
- and
- inserting a first soft anchor through the first tissue and inserting a second soft anchor through the second tissue, wherein the first soft anchor is knotlessly connected to the second soft anchor by a flexible coupler forming a plurality of continuous, closed, adjustable, tensionable, flexible loops extending between the first soft anchor and the second soft anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.