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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Geoffrey I. Karasic, Boston, MA (US);
Brett A. McKenzie, Haverhill, MA (US);
Steven William Astorino, Norfolk, MA (US);
Richard M. Lunn, Kingston, MA (US);
Matthew Edwin Koski, Westford, MA (US);
Tatsuya Arai, Waltham, MA (US);
Mark Edwin Housman, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Roland F. Gatturna, Bourne, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a flexible fixation member, a suture, and a delivery device. The fixation member includes a body with two terminal ends. A suture passes through the flexible fixation member at various points along a length of the body such that portions of the fixation member are slidable relative to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site. The delivery device includes a tubular member, an elongated inserter, and a trigger. The elongated inserter is slidably disposed within the tubular member. The inserter has a forked distal end configured to receive a portion of the flexible fixation member and the suture. The trigger is finger-engagable and fixedly coupled to the proximal end of the inserter. It is configured to advance and retract the inserter relative to the tubular member. The trigger includes a retention member for retaining a proximal end portion of the suture.