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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2020
Medos International Sarl, Le Locle, CH;
David R. Diduch, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Mark H. Getelman, Tarzana, CA (US);
Jacob A. Marks, Foxboro, MA (US);
Gerome Miller, Randolph, MA (US);
Matthew J. Ravenscroft, Mere, GB;
Mehmet Z. Sengun, Canton, MA (US);
Howard C. Tang, Boston, MA (US);
Gregory R. Whittaker, Stoneham, MA (US);
Medos International Sarl, Le Locle, CH;
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In one embodiment, a surgical implant is provided having a sheath and an expander that is received within the sheath. Various delivery tools, including a sheath inserter and a driver, are also provided. In use, the sheath inserter can be used to position a tendon within a prepared bone hole, and it can be used to deliver the sheath with a guidewire coupled thereto into the bone hole. The driver can be provided for delivering the expander into the sheath. A loader can optionally be used to load the driver and expander onto the guidewire coupled to the implanted sheath.