Xiros Limited

Wallace, William Angus

Ravenscroft, Matthew John

David John Beevers

Bahaa Botros Seedhom

Matthew John Ravenscroft

Roger Graham Hackney

William Angus Wallace

Lauren Tidball

Benjamin John Young

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