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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2024
Applicant:
Jonathan T. Deland, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan T. Deland, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for surgical repair of an Achilles tendon may include positioning an instrument proximate the Achilles tendon. The instrument may include a handle and a plurality of tendon guides. The method may also include maneuvering the instrument such that the plurality of tendon guides is positioned anteriorly, posteriorly, laterally, and medially of the Achilles tendon, actuating the plurality of tendon guides to retain the Achilles tendon between the plurality of tendon guides, and using the instrument to insert a suture through the Achilles tendon along one or more trajectories, each of which is offset at least 10° from a coronal plane.