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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Duane George Beaulier, Groveland, MA (US);
Marc Joseph Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Geoffrey Karasic, Milton, MA (US);
Christopher Michael Connolly, Hampstead, NH (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for superior capsular repair use knotless anchors on the glenoid row to simplify graft shuttling and reduce the number of sutures required to complete the repair. A single suture knotlessly attached to the graft and to a glenoid row anchor is the primary pulley used to shuttle the graft into the joint Other sutures attached to the graft may be placed in working portals to add further control over the graft orientation.