Zimmer Gmbh

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC

Matthew P Prygoski

Antony J Lozier

Daniel P Murphy

Michael Giordano

Kevin T Stone

Jeffrey A Bassett

Russell M Parrott

Michael Scott Collins

Hallie E Brinkerhuff

Donald L Yakimicki

Nicolas J Pacelli

J Craig Fryman

Andrew L Gray

Alex McMullen

Disclosed are systems and methods for performing soft tissue repair by delivering a suture through the soft tissue and underlying bone at two or more fixation points that can be spaced apart from each other and connected by the suture on the surface of the soft tissue. The two or more fixation points and the suture connected there between can be a continuous strand of suture, which can form a stitching assembly that can provide sufficient fixation in the bone and minimize disruption to the soft tissue and bone. In an example, the suture can be delivered into the bone using one or more implants that can catch the suture to drive the suture through the tissue and into the bone. The one or more implants can include structural features to aid in securing the suture to the implant. In an example, the suture can include structural features or be formed of a material to aid in fixation of the suture in the bone.

Methods and systems for stitching soft tissue to bone

A orthopedic tool () for bone fixation is provided for driving a bone pin into a fractured bone to stabilize the fractured bone by maintaining the fractured bone in a reduced state. The tool may be a handheld device including a magazine () having a plurality of passageways () containing one or more bone pins () positioned within the passageways. The tool may also include a pneumatically&#x2014;powered piston () having a projection () that is sized for receipt within the plurality of passageways, the projection applying sufficient force to the bone pin to drive the bone pin out of the magazine and into the fractured bone.

Orthopedic tool for bone fixation

A method and apparatus configured to strengthen and support a portion of a bone, such as the femoral head of the proximal femur, for example. The apparatus may include a housing or base member and a movable support member connected to the housing and configured to move between a first, undeployed position in which the support member is disposed proximate the housing or base such that the apparatus may be inserted into bone, and a second, deployed position in which the support member extends away from the housing or base for supporting the femoral head. The support member may be a rod, one or more wires, a leaf spring, a bladder, or an expandable mesh material, for example.

Apparatus and method for prophylactic hip fixation

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Okemos, MI, United States of America

Matthew P Prygoski