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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventor:
Mason Bettenga, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/683 (2013.01); A61F 2/2846 (2013.01); A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2/4081 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0403 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0408 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0459 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical fastener comprising a generally flat, circular body and a generally cylindrical post fixedly coupled to a center of the body extending perpendicular to the body. Both of the body and the post include through holes configured for passage of a suture. A length of the post is selected to extend through both of a bone graft and at least a portion of bone for providing shear and/or anti-rotational support to the surgical fastener across a fracture line in the bone.