The General Hospital Corporation

Christopher W Digiovanni

Ali Hosseini

Daniel Guss

Bart Lubberts

Anne Holly Johnson

Gregory Waryasz

Rohan Bhimani

George Alex

A guiding apparatus, system, method, and forceps device for facilitating placement of sutures in a surgical procedure. The apparatus including a shaft portion having a non-circular aperture extending laterally therethrough and a blade portion having a shank extending at an angle from the shaft portion and a blade having a blade aperture extending from the shank. The system includes a plurality of the apparatuses held substantially parallel by an elongated rod through the apertures of the shafts. The blade apertures guide the at least one suture to a desired location to pierce through a target body tissue.

Devices and method for facilitating placement of sutures in a surgical procedure

An ankle syndesmosis repair system is designed to stabilize the ankle syndesmosis to allow for the repair of the ankle syndesmosis. The system provides multi-level, multi-directional stabilization of the ankle joint, while providing a sufficient amount of flexibility to the ankle joint. The system includes a suture advancing device, a fibula engaging arrangement, and a tibia engaging arrangement. The suture advancing device is configured to create a plurality of bone tunnels between the fibula engaging arrangement and the tibia engaging arrangement. The fibula engaging arrangement and the tibia engaging arrangement are each configured to receive and secure a plurality of lengths of suture when implanted on the ankle syndesmosis. The plurality of lengths of suture are provided at differing longitudinal and transverse locations relative to the fibula and tibia. The plurality of lengths of suture are also angled with respect to each other.

Systems and methods for ankle syndesmosis repair

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Waltham, MA, United States of America

Christopher W Digiovanni