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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Robert LaPrade, Avon, CO (US);
Coen Wijdicks, Munich, DE;
Stephen A. Santangelo, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1714 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/16 (2013.01); A61F 2/0805 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0852 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0882 (2013.01); A61F 2240/005 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0097 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include implants, instruments, and methods for attaching or reattaching soft tissue () to a bone (), that enable independent tensioning of multiple connectors such as sutures () and enable redundant fixation between bone () and soft tissue (). Some embodiments provide for improved accuracy of the placement of substantially parallel tunnels through which soft tissue () to bone () connectors such as sutures () are passed.