Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC

Alex McMullen

Kevin T Stone

Antony J Lozier

Daniel P Murphy

Hallie E Brinkerhuff

Michael Giordano

J Craig Fryman

Matthew P Prygoski

Disclosed are systems and methods for performing soft tissue repair by delivering a suture through the soft tissue and underlying bone at two or more fixation points that can be spaced apart from each other and connected by the suture on the surface of the soft tissue. The two or more fixation points and the suture connected there between can be a continuous strand of suture, which can form a stitching assembly that can provide sufficient fixation in the bone and minimize disruption to the soft tissue and bone. In an example, the suture can be delivered into the bone using one or more implants that can catch the suture to drive the suture through the tissue and into the bone. The one or more implants can include structural features to aid in securing the suture to the implant. In an example, the suture can include structural features or be formed of a material to aid in fixation of the suture in the bone.

Methods and systems for stitching soft tissue to bone

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Plain City, OH, United States of America

Alex McMullen