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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
William Rodriguez, Garfield, NJ (US);
Riley J. Williams, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/92 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 90/92 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suture fixation device and method thereof is provided. The suture fixation device includes a suture fiber having a length of about 24 to 40 inches and a plurality of knots spaced apart from each other along the length of the suture fiber. Each of the plurality of knots has an overall width of about 3.0 to 4.0 mm.