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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2018
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Scott William Trenhaile, Belvidere, IL (US);
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for knotless tissue repair employ a first suture construct routed through a tissue in a first inverted mattress stitch, including a loop portion and two free limbs. The loop portion of the first suture construct so routed is positioned adjacent to a superior surface of the tissue and the free limbs of the first suture construct so routed extend through an inferior surface of the tissue. A second suture construct, separate from the first suture construct, is inserted within the loop portion of the first suture construct such that two free limbs of the second suture construct extend from the loop portion of the first suture construct. The second suture construct comprises a plurality of braided filaments and possesses a substantially rectangular cross-sectional profile, and does not include a suture core surrounded by the braided filaments.