Smith + Nephew

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag

Smith Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited

Smith & Nephew Ptd. Limited

Jennifer Ng

Mason James Bettenga

Duane George Beaulier

Kangqiao Li

Hadi El Heneidi

Jeffrey Wyman

George William White

William Richard Davis

David Kent Gregoire

David R Diduch

Charles H Brown, Jr

Robert LaPrade

Carmel Ilka Bijoux

Embodiments of the invention include instruments and methods useful in preparing and delivering graft material to a surgical site. Some embodiments may particularly be directed to forming a graft from a blood clot and accurately and effectively handling and delivering the graft to a surgical site. Graft material may include blood components such as clotted fibrin derived from a patient's or a donor's blood.

Fibrin clot preparation instruments and method

Methods for whip-stitching soft tissue with a needle and a looped suture avoid placing the tissue graft through the suture loop, which also eliminates the need for passing a tissue clamp through the suture loop. The methods described herein can also include combinations of the techniques described.

Methods for whip-stitching tissue and tissue constructs formed thereby

A suture passer which is sized and shaped to be inserted through the femoral notch during a meniscal repair. The suture passer includes upper and lower jaws that may be straight or that may have an angled offset in relation to the common axis of the suture passer in order to gain an indirect access to meniscal tissue in a constricted space. The jaws of the suture passer may be angled, either to the left or to the right, up to 45 degrees from the central axis of the shaft. The suture passer is also able to grasp meniscal tissue prior to suture passing. A nitinol needle housed within one of the jaws can then be deployed to pass a preloaded suture through the tissue to be captured on the opposite side of the tissue.

Angled suture passer and method of use thereof

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Quincy, MA, United States of America

Jennifer Ng