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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Arthrocare Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Treg Brown, Carbondale, IL (US);
Nathaniel Cohen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert Fernandez, Campbell, CA (US);
Richard D'Elia, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christopher D'Elia, San Mateo, CA (US);
Annette Branger, San Carlos, CA (US);
Steve Golden, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Marnette Atkinson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stewart Kume, Menlo Park, CA (US);
ArthroCare Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone or tissue to tissue having a soft anchoring implantwith a length of suturethere through for tensioning the implant and facilitating attachment of other tissue. The implantis a soft, flexible, three-dimensional structure that has a resident volume. An inserter tubefacilitates the placement of the implantinto bone or adjacent soft tissue where it may be deployed. Upon deployment, the soft anchoring implantshortens axially and expands radially, achieving a larger diameter than the hole through which it was placed, thus resisting pull out.