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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Arthrosurface, Inc., Franklin, MA (US);
Inventors:
George Sikora, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Steven Ek, Bolton, MA (US);
Assignee:
ARTHROSURFACE, INC., Franklin, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30734 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/1617 (2013.01); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61F 2/30771 (2013.01); A61F 2/4612 (2013.01); A61F 2/4657 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0438 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61F 2/4014 (2013.01); A61F 2/4603 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30649 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30736 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30785 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30828 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30935 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4022 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4662 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00011 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00359 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of devices, apparatuses, kits, and methods for repairing a human joint by suturing biological tissue to the articular surface of a bone at the joint (e.g., repairing defects in the humerus at the glenoid joint after an anterior shoulder dislocation) are described herein. Biological tissue may include hard tissue such as bone or a joint socket or soft tissue such as cartilage, ligaments, tendons, or muscle tissue.