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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Woven Orthopedic Technologies, Llc, Manchester, CT (US);
Francis Patrick Magee, Mackay, ID (US);
Robert Luzzi, Silverthorne, CO (US);
Jeffrey P. Radziunas, Wallingford, CT (US);
Lynn MacDonald, Bantam, CT (US);
Woven Orthopedic Technologies, LLC, Manchester, CT (US);
Abstract
A soft tapping device for preparing a bone hole that includes a substantially cylindrical insert that is sized to enter into a compressed woven retention device. The substantially cylindrical insert has protrusions that are adaptable to expand portions of a compressed woven retention device inside the bone hole. The substantially cylindrical insert is also configured to exit from the compressed woven retention device without changing the expanded portions of the compressed woven retention device.