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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Crossroads Extremity Systems, Llc, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Kwan-Ho Chan, Singapore, SG;
James Murphy, Newton Square, PA (US);
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Patrick M. White, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC, Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0451 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0459 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0829 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0858 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0864 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0888 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods to attach soft tissue to bone include, for example, forming a transosseous bone tunnel, and forming a suture construct securing soft tissue to the bone wherein the suture construct extends from the soft tissue to the first opening, through the first opening, through the bone tunnel, through the second opening, and outside of the bone tunnel to the soft tissue.