Harvard College

Northeastern University

Smith + Nephew

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

John Slusarz

Dale Larson

Trevor Ehret

Jeffrey W Ruberti

Nicholas Goulas

Erin Rush

Wei Li Fan

Steven William Astorino

Timothy Young

Paul Alexander Torrie

Mark Edwin Housman

Richard Mark Lunn

Matthew Edwin Koski

Stephen L Bellio

Paul Robert Duhamel

Rick Lunn

Jeffrey Ruberti

Paul R Duhamel

Examples of a suture anchor () having a non-expandable body () and expendable cap () are described herein. In response to an axial insertion force that brings the non-expandable body and expendable cap together inside a bone hole, the expendable cap expands radially. This creates a radial force of expansion that advantageously augments an interference fit between the suture anchor and bone hole, which leads to higher fixation strength. Other examples include retention features that inhibit the expendable cap from returning back into its unexpanded state. This advantageously maintains the radial force of expansion against the surrounding pressure of the walls of the bone hole pressing back on the suture.

Distal tip two piece external expansion anchor

Examples of a suture anchor having a small diameter and having a soft suture bridge or suture eyelet are described herein. The soft suture bridge/suture eyelet allows a repair suture to slide, which is desirable when tying knots. In some cases, the soft suture bridge/suture eyelet itself is made from a length of suture.

Microanchor

A drilling system including a motor that produces a sonic, linear oscillatory motion is provided for removing a frozen biological sample from a stored frozen specimen and methods of use thereof without thawing the remainder of the specimen. The stator and slider assembly is operated by a servo controller which can communicate and be programmed through a port of a PC equipped with software.

Systems, methods, and devices for frozen sample distribution

Systems, methods and devices for frozen sample distribution

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Hopedale, MA, United States of America

John Slusarz