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US 8,540,737 B2Granted
Method of arthroscopic or open rotator cuff repair using an insertional guide for delivering a suture pin
OwnerSteven C. Chudikinventor
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for arthroscopic or open rotator cuff repair by advancing a suture pin and a suture which the pin carries through a humerus, rotator cuff and adjacent soft tissue and skin using an insertional guide and thereafter tensioning and securing the suture.
Claims1
A method of arthroscopic or open rotator cuff repair comprising the steps of
- a) inserting an insertional guide into a humerus of a shoulder;
- b) inserting a suture pin carrying a suture into said insertional guide;
- c) advancing said suture pin and suture through the greater tuberosity of said humerus, the supraspinatus rotator cuff tendon and out of said shoulder in a single pass;
- d) removing said insertional guide and cutting said suture pin from the suture leaving the suture in place through the greater tuberosity of said humerus and the supraspinatus rotator cuff tendon;
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- e) tensioning and securing said suture.
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