Kci Licensing, Inc.

Depuy Mitek, Inc.

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Eriksson, Elof

Makoto Ohira

Ajit Mishra

Gregory R Whittaker

Kevin J Ranucci

Royce W Johnson

Ran Oren

Jose E Lizardi

Donald E Ziniti

Charles Alan Seegert

Michael Richard Girouard

Aryeh Mirochinik

Elof Eriksson

Eran Zakai

Yaron Fuerst

Kevin B McKenney

Meghan Scanlon

Ian Crookenden

Jonathan Kagan

Kevin Mckenney

Methods and devices are provided for attaching soft tissue to bone. In general, a deployment device, insertion assembly, and suture anchor are provided. The insertion assembly is coupled between the deployment device and the suture anchor to allow the deployment device to deploy the suture anchor into bone. Each of the various components disclosed herein can be used alone, in combination with one another, or in combination with various other devices.

Suture anchor with relief mechanism

A medical implement particularly useful in arthroscopic surgery, includes: a handle having a proximal end configured for manual gripping by a user, a distal end for manipulation during the surgery, an internal passageway extending through the handle from the proximal end to the distal end thereof, and a longitudinally-extending slot extending longitudinally through the handle from its outer surface to the passageway for side-loading the handle with a manipulatable member to be manipulated during surgery. A shield is located within the passageway in the handle. The shield is secured along one edge to the inner surface of handle defining the passageway, and includes an elastic section normally covering the longitudinally-extending slot. The elastic section of the shield is yieldable to permit side-loading of the manipulatable member into the passageway, but to prevent a side-loaded manipulatable member from passing outwardly from the passageway.

Side-loaded medical implement particularly useful in arthroscopic surgery

A dermal tissue transplantation system combining a tissue particle harvester, a tissue particle collector, and a chambered dressing. The system provides a harvester capable of harvesting tissue from a donor site on the order of about 100 microns. The integrated tissue particle collector provides a means for collecting the harvested tissue for in situ cultivation in a chambered dressing at the wound site.

System and method for transplantation of dermal tissue

A tissue harvesting method and device for obtaining micrograft tissue particles within the size range of 50-1500 microns, and more preferably 500-1000 microns, and most preferably 600 microns. The particles may be processed after a piece of donor tissue has been excised from the donor site, or processed into the desired size directly at the donor site, and thereafter excised. Cutters having blades or cutting edges spaced in the range of 50-1500 microns are utilized to obtain particles within the desired size range. An elastomer is positioned between the cutting edges to push the excised particles out of the blades for ease of use.

Tissue harvesting device and method

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Westborough, MA, United States of America

Makoto Ohira