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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2021
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Jody L. Seifert, Birdsboro, PA (US);
David C. Paul, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Sean Suh, Milltown, NJ (US);
Colm Mclaughlin, Glenside, PA (US);
Marcin Niemiec, Norristown, PA (US);
Aditya Ingalhalikar, Pune, IN;
Daniel Davenport, Collegeville, PA (US);
Jamie Carroll, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
Chad Glerum, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Edward Dwyer, Lehighton, PA (US);
Noah Hansell, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US);
Douglas Cahill, Lititz, PA (US);
Adam Friedrich, Cinnaminson, NJ (US);
Michelle Kofron, Kunkletown, PA (US);
Vipin Kunjachan, Norristown, PA (US);
Ed Reilley, Boyertown, PA (US);
Damien O'Halloran, Conshohocken, PA (US);
William S. Rhoda, Media, PA (US);
Brian Malm, Arlington, VA (US);
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
A soft tissue repair system is provided for covering or filling openings in the annulus of an intervertebral disc. The soft tissue repair system uses a single plug or a combination of a first plug and a second plug. The second plug is a flowable plug such as an adhesive material or a material that hardens to a flexible plug material. Each plug is configured to close the opening in the annulus and can be positioned within the opening, over the opening at the exterior surface or over the opening at the interior surface. The plug can also be combined with a clamping mechanism that engages the annulus to secure the plug in the opening.