Xiros Limited

David John Beevers

Bahaa Botros Seedhom

Matthew John Ravenscroft

William Angus Wallace

Benjamin John Young

Roger Graham Hackney

Lauren Tidball

There is disclosed a synthetic joint stabilisation device () and associated assembly, the device having a particular use in a method of stabilising a dislocated acromioclavicular joint. The joint stabilisation device () comprises a first elongate portion () forming a first free end (); a second elongate portion () forming a second free end () which is opposite the first free end; and an integral eye () provided at a location which is between the first and second free ends, the eye serving for securing the device to a bone () of a patient. The device () is at least partly tubular so as to define an internal cavity (), said part, of the device being of a woven material. One of the first and second elongate portions () extends into the internal cavity () through a wall () of the other one of the first and second elongate portions at a first location () along a length of said other portion, and then extends out of the internal cavity at a second location () which is spaced along a length of said other portion from the first location, to thereby form a loop () which defines the eye.

Joint stabilisation

The invention relates to an implantable prosthetic device for the repair of connective tissue in an animal or a human. In one embodiment, an implantable prosthetic device () for the repair of connective tissue () in an animal or human is disclosed which comprises a biocompatible pad () having an open structure to provide a scaffold for the in-growth of tissue into the pad; and a reinforcement region () attached to or formed integrally with the pad. The device is arranged so that it can be attached to tissue by forming a puncture () either a) within the reinforcement region, or b) in an area of the pad which is inboard of the reinforcement region, so that a suture () can be located through the puncture, the reinforcement region serving to support tensile loading in the device during use by resisting pull-through of the suture.

Connective tissue repair pad

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Leeds, United Kingdom

David John Beevers