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US 9,433,493 B2Granted
Tissue contacting member
AssigneeBiomet Sports Medicine, LLC
InventorMark V. Vandewalle
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Abstract
A contacting or friction pad for engaging a member. The member may be a soft tissue portion to be fixed to a bone using the contacting member. A further fixation member may be used to fix the contacting pad and the member to the bone.
Claims13
A method of fixing a soft tissue portion to an anatomical portion, comprising:
- selecting a first end of the soft tissue portion;
- extending a first region of the first end of the soft tissue portion over a portion of the anatomical portion;
- contacting a first surface of a first member adjacent the first region so that the first surface of the first member faces the anatomical portion;
- manipulating at least a first portion of the first end of the soft tissue portion over the first member to contact a second surface of the first member with a second region of the first end of the soft tissue portion so that the second surface of the first member opposes the first surface of the first member and faces away from the anatomical portion;
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- driving a second member through the first region, the second region, and the first member and into the anatomical portion.
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A method of fixing a soft tissue portion to an anatomical portion, comprising:
- placing a first portion of a first end of the soft tissue portion having a first length over a bone portion of the anatomical portion;
- contacting a first surface of a first fixation member to a first region of the first portion;
- manipulating the first portion of the soft tissue portion over the first fixation member to contact a second surface of the first fixation member that is opposite and facing away from the first surface with a second region of the first portion of the soft tissue portion such that the first portion of the soft tissue portion at least partially surrounds the first member;
- contacting a third surface of a second fixation member to a third region of the first portion;
- manipulating the first portion of the soft tissue portion over the second fixation member to contact a fourth surface of the second fixation member that is opposite the third surface with a fourth region of the first portion of the soft tissue portion such that the first portion of the soft tissue portion at least partially surrounds the second member;
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- connecting all of the first region, the second region, the third region, the fourth region, the first member, and the second fixation member to the bone portion;
- wherein the first region, the second region, the third region, the fourth region, the first member, and the second member form a fixation region where the soft tissue portion is folded around the first fixation member and the second fixation member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.