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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Milton, MA (US);
Nehal Navinbhai Patel, Boston, MA (US);
Marc Joseph Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Matthew Edwin Koski, Westford, MA (US);
Benjamin Hall, Memphis, TN (US);
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An anchor delivery system includes both a straight and curved drill guide along with a flexible drill, a flexible obturator and a flexible anchor inserter. The curved drill guide has a distal tip with approximately a 15° bend from the primary axis of the drill guide. Both the drill and the obturator have a reduced diameter section to improve flexibility during passage through the curved drill guide. Additionally, a surface of the inserter shaft has a laser cut pattern which permits flexing of the inserter around the inner diameter of the curved drill guide.