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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2021
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte Limited, Singapore, SG;
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Jessica Marie Grabinsky, Melrose, MA (US);
Marc Joseph Balboa, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Benjamin Michael Hall, Roslindale, MA (US);
Timothy Young, Natick, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of repairing tissue are disclosed. Systems and methods may repair an opening through a hip capsule. Systems and methods preferably repair the tissue while minimally encroaching on the tissue immediately behind the repair, such as the hip joint tissues. Some systems may repair the tissue with a suture passer having a needle that slides in axial alignment with the passer and includes a first recess for passing the suture in a first axial direction and a second recess for passing the suture in an opposing axial direction. Some systems may pass a portion of a repair construct in a retrograde direction, placing the repair construct in a preferred arrangement accommodating for the stresses on the tissue.