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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
James J. Kennedy, Iii, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Brendan Collins, Manchester, NH (US);
Robert J. Mccaffrey, Hillsborough, NH (US);
Jon B. Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
James J. Kennedy, III, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Brendan Collins, Manchester, NH (US);
Robert J. McCaffrey, Hillsborough, NH (US);
Jon B. Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Featured is an inventive anchor/implant deployment device for use in repairing damage to tissue (e.g., meniscus) as well as tissue repair methods related thereto. Such an anchor/implant deployment device is advantageously configured and arranged so the deployment device is capable of making at least an in situ adjustment to the path of a needle portion having the anchor(s)/implant(s); is capable of rotating such a needle portion or the portion extending into the tissue/meniscus so that the distal end entering into the tissue/meniscus is desirably oriented such as to, for example, minimize damage to tissue; and making the needle portion of the deployment device replaceable so as to allow the deployment device to be reloaded thereby making other portions of the deployment device reusable during a given, procedure.