Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Depuy Mitek, Inc.

Depuy Products, Inc.

Mark A Capobianco

Mehmet Ziya Sengun

Gregory R Whittaker

Kristian J DiMatteo

Brooks J Story

Douglas Allen Fifolt

Joseph G Wyss

Carl F Livorsi

Michael J Fortin

Arthur G Stephen

Phillip G Withee

John J McMorrow

James M Kennedy

Paul Monteiro

Kenneth R Hayes

Normand T Brisebois

Jean-Pierce Nuss

Kristian Dimatteo

Brooks J Storey

Gergory R Whittaker

Methods and devices are provided for repairing a tear in a meniscus. A pair of fixation member each entailing a preformed knot configuration coupled together by a suture length. The fixation members are placed on the meniscal tissue with the suture length spanning the tear, the knot configurations are expanded to form anchoring knots and the suture length is shortened to close the tear.

Methods and devices for repairing meniscal tissue

Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to tissue, incorporating anchoring devices constructed substantially from suture. The anchoring devices are constructed as longitudinally extended, preformed knot configurations that upon deployment are reconfigured to form anchoring knots having an increased cross-section relative to the preformed knot configuration, for secure lodging in tissue. The anchoring devices are suitable for single and multi-anchor surgical procedures in soft tissue or bone, and multiple anchors can be delivered using a single delivery device.

Methods and devices for repairing and anchoring damaged tissue

A surgical instrument support system has a support frame supported by three arms. Each arm has a plurality of ball and socket members strung in series along a cable. The arms are also connected to bases mountable to the patient's limb on the proximal and distal sides of the joint. Actuators are provided for each arm to change the tension in the cables to change the stiffness of each arm. The support system can be part of a surgical instrument system that includes a plurality of resection guides mountable to the support frame.

Surgical instrument system with ball and socket support

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Westport, MA, United States of America

Mark A Capobianco