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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2020
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Justin D. Saliman, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Brad S. Culbert, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Alexander Jasso, Portland, OR (US);
Michael J. Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
John G. McCutcheon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Christopher P. Bender, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael Murillo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for repairing a meniscus, and particularly a torn meniscus. A method of repairing a meniscus may include using a suture passer to pass a suturing element from the region between the superior surface of the meniscus and the femoral condyle, through the meniscus tissue, into the region between the inferior surface of the meniscus and the tibial plateau, across the inferior surface of the meniscus, and back to the superior surface of the meniscus, without deeply penetrating the posterior capsular region of the knee. Equivalently, the suture element may be passed from the inferior surface of the meniscus to the superior surface and back to the inferior surface.