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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Medos International Sárl, Le Locle, CH;
Stephen J. Orphanos, Bridgewater, MA (US);
Brian Otrando, Cumberland, RI (US);
Kirsten H. Aarsvold, Quincy, MA (US);
MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL, Le Locle, CH;
Abstract
A tissue repair construct having first and second implants coupled via a flexible element is provided. The flexible element forms an adjustable loop closed with a sliding knot, and has first and second free ends extending from the knot formed by wrapping the second end around the first end. The second implant can have a changeable configuration. The construct can be placed within a surgical site in a patient's body such that the first implant is passed into a bone adjacent to soft tissue and the second implant is disposed on an opposed side of the soft tissue. The first free end of the flexible element is configured to be tensioned to decrease a size of the loop and thereby change the configuration of the second implant and to thereby cause at least the second implant to move towards the first implant.